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| Main Entry: |
agitator
[aj-i-tey-ter]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who disturbs, causes trouble |
| Synonyms: | adjy, advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, disrupter, dissident, dogmatist, fighter, firebrand, fomenter, heretic, incendiary, inciter, instigator, leftist, malcontent, mover, partisan, propagandist, provocateur, pusher, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, reformer, revisionist, revolutionary, ringleader, sparkplug, troublemaker, wave maker, zealot |
| Main Entry: | anarchist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who opposes the idea of government and laws |
| Synonyms: | agitator, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, terrorist |
| Main Entry: | catalyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something which incites activity |
| Synonyms: | adjuvant, agitator, enzyme, goad, impetus, impulse, incendiary, incentive, incitation, incitement, motivation, radical stimulus, reactant, reactionary, spark plug, spur, stimulant, synergist, wave maker |
| Antonyms: | block, blockage, preventer, prevention |
| Main Entry: | demagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitating person |
| Synonyms: | agitator, fanatic, firebrand, fomenter, haranger, hothead, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser, radical, rebel, revolutionary, soapbox orator, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | demonstrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protester |
| Synonyms: | agitator, boycotter, disrupter, dissenter, marcher, objector, picketer, radical, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, striker, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | dissident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds different belief |
| Synonyms: | agitator, dissenter, heretic, misbeliever, nonconformist, protester, rebel, recusant, schismatic, schismatist, sectary, separatist |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | yes-man |
| Main Entry: | extremist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person zealous about a belief |
| Synonyms: | agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, ultraist, zealot |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | hellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, agitator, demon, evildoer, firebrand, heel, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, loose cannon, mischief-maker, punk*, rabble-rouser, rascal, recreant, rogue, rowdy*, smart aleck, wise guy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incendiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who causes fire, trouble |
| Synonyms: | agitator, arsonist, criminal, demagogue, demonstrator, firebrand, insurgent, pyromaniac, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionary, rioter |
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