provocateur

[pruh-vok-uh-tur, -toor, praw-vaw-ka-tœr] / prəˌvɒk əˈtɜr, -ˈtʊər, prɔ vɔ kaˈtœr /

NOUN

agent provocateur

Synonyms

WEAK

agitator firebrand goad incendiary instigator intelligence agent noncooperator operative provocative agent provoker rabble-rouser radical ringleader spark spy troublemaker

NOUN

agitator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anarchist demagogue firebrand malcontent propagandist protestor radical troublemaker zealot

STRONG

dissident dogmatist fighter fomenter incendiary inciter instigator mover partisan rabble-rouser rebel revisionist revolutionary ringleader

WEAK

disrupter sparkplug wave maker

Antonyms

STRONGEST

moderate

NOUN

inciter

Synonyms

STRONG

advocate agent anarchist champion demagogue dissident fighter firebrand fomenter heretic incendiary instigator leftist malcontent mover partisan propagandist pusher rabble-rouser radical reactionary rebel reformer revisionist revolutionary ringleader troublemaker zealot

WEAK

disrupter sparkplug wave maker

Antonyms

STRONG

moderate peacemaker

NOUN

instigator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ringleader

STRONG

agitator firebrand hellion incendiary inciter knave meddler mischief-maker nuisance punk rabble-rouser

WEAK

agent provocateur inflamer sparkplug wise guy

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