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disrupter

NOUN
agitator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anarchist demagogue firebrand malcontent propagandist protestor radical troublemaker zealot
STRONG
dissident dogmatist fighter fomenter incendiary inciter instigator mover partisan provocateur rabble-rouser rebel revisionist revolutionary ringleader
WEAK
sparkplug wave maker
Antonyms
STRONGEST
moderate
NOUN
demonstrator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
marcher radical rioter striker
STRONG
agitator dissenter objector obstructionist revolutionary troublemaker
WEAK
boycotter picketer revolter
NOUN
inciter
Synonyms
STRONG
advocate agent anarchist champion demagogue dissident fighter firebrand fomenter heretic incendiary instigator leftist malcontent mover partisan propagandist provocateur pusher rabble-rouser radical reactionary rebel reformer revisionist revolutionary ringleader troublemaker zealot
WEAK
sparkplug wave maker
Antonyms
STRONG
moderate peacemaker

Example Sentences

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“Rather than being disrupted, our 120-year-old company is the disrupter — and we’re just getting started,” C.H.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

If appointed cabinet secretary, Dame Antonia is not a civil servant who would hide in the shadows and her supporters say she is a "disrupter" who can challenge Whitehall orthodoxy.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“We note that Harvey has already been a disrupter in the space, particularly in…ancillary legal productivity tools.”

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

“I would argue that Jim Moylan is an equally compelling kind of disrupter: an engineer in a large company who insisted on making our daily lives better.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

This disrupter of seasons was a new girl in school named Maureen Peal.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison