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rioter

NOUN

demonstrator

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marcher radical striker

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agitator dissenter objector obstructionist revolutionary troublemaker

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boycotter disrupter picketer revolter

NOUN

incendiary

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agitator arsonist criminal demagogue demonstrator firebrand insurgent pyromaniac rabble-rouser rebel revolutionary

NOUN

insurgent

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demonstrator mutineer radical revolutionary

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agitator anarchist insurrectionist malcontent resister revolutionist

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anarch frondeur revolter

NOUN

insurrectionary

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agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter disectarian dissenter experientialist experimenter frondeur guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent insurrectionist malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent overthrower recreant renegade resistance revolter revolutionary revolutionist schismatic secessionist seditionist separatist subverter traitor turncoat

NOUN

insurrectionist

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agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent recreant renegade resistance revolutionary revolutionist secessionist separatist subverter traitor turncoat

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disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist

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adherent ally loyalist

NOUN

looter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

criminal marauder

STRONG

pilferer pillager plunderer raider spoiler

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ransacker ravager

NOUN

militant

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STRONGEST

activist combatant demonstrator fighter protester

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belligerent objector partisan warrior

NOUN

rebel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guerrilla insurgent opponent secessionist separatist

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agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist recreant renegade resistance revolutionary revolutionist subverter traitor turncoat

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disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist

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adherent loyalist

NOUN

revolutionist

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agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter dissenter experimenter guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent insurrectionist malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent recreant renegade resistance revolutionary secessionist separatist subverter traitor turncoat

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disectarian experientialist frondeur insurrectionary overthrower revolter schismatic seditionist

Antonyms

STRONG

adherent ally loyalist

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Former Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack on Jan. 6, 2021 after being shot with a stun gun by a rioter, felt betrayed by the DOJ’s reversal.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

“DHS law enforcement took this rioter to the hospital for a cut and he was released that night.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

One rioter, James Brett, made it clear that it wasn’t just about narrative control, though.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2025

Taranto had been saying derogatory things about Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was fatally shot by a police officer inside the Capitol, and Babbitt’s mother, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

"Sir, I am neither a rioter nor a revolutionist."

From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

rioter

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