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agitator - 18 thesaurus results
Main Entry: agitator
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who disturbs, causes trouble
Synonyms: advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, dissident, fighter, firebrand*, heretic, incendiary, instigator, malcontent, partisan, propagandist, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, revolutionary, ringleader, troublemaker, zealot, adjy, disrupter, dogmatist, fomenter, inciter, leftist, mover, provocateur, pusher, reformer, revisionist, sparkplug, wave maker
Main Entry: agent provocateur
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: secret agent
Synonyms: agitator, firebrand, goad, incendiary, instigator, operative, rabble-rouser, radical, ringleader, spark, spy, troublemaker, intelligence agent, noncooperator, provocateur, provocative agent, provoker
Main Entry: anarchist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who opposes the idea of government and laws
Synonyms: agitator, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, rebel, revolutionary, terrorist, insurrectionist, revolter
Main Entry: catalyst
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something which incites activity
Synonyms: agitator, goad, impetus, impulse, incendiary, incentive, incitement, motivation, reactionary, spark plug, spur, stimulant, adjuvant, enzyme, incitation, radical stimulus, reactant, synergist, wave maker
Antonyms: block, prevention, blockage, preventer
Main Entry: demagogue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agitating person
Synonyms: agitator, fanatic, firebrand*, incendiary, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser*, radical, rebel, revolutionary, troublemaker, fomenter, haranger, hothead, inciter, inflamer, soapbox orator
Main Entry: demonstrator
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protester
Synonyms: agitator, dissenter, radical, revolutionary, troublemaker, boycotter, disrupter, marcher, objector, picketer, revolter, rioter, striker
Main Entry: dissident
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who holds different belief
Synonyms: agitator, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, protester, rebel, misbeliever, 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, ultra, zealot, revolutionist, ultraist
Antonyms: conservative, moderate
Main Entry: hellion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: troublemaker
Synonyms: agent provocateur, agitator, demon, evildoer, firebrand*, heel*, incendiary, instigator, loose cannon*, mischief-maker, punk*, rabble-rouser*, rascal, recreant, rogue, rowdy*, smart aleck*, wise guy*, inciter, inflamer
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
Main Entry: instigator
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: troublemaker
Synonyms: agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand, hellion, incendiary, knave, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, punk*, rabble-rouser*, ringleader, wise guy*, inciter, inflamer, provocateur, sparkplug
Main Entry: insurgent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rebel
Synonyms: agitator, anarchist, demonstrator, malcontent, mutineer, radical, revolutionary, anarch, frondeur, insurrectionist, resister, revolter, revolutionist, rioter
Main Entry: radical
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who advocates significant, often extreme change
Synonyms: agitator, anarchist, avant-garde, extremist, fanatic, firebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, pacifist, progressive, rebel, renegade, revolutionary, subversive, insurrectionist, left-winger, leftist, objector, reformer, revolter, rioter, secessionist, ultraist
Antonyms: conservative, moderate
Main Entry: rebel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who does not obey
Synonyms: agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, traitor, turncoat, disectarian, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter
Main Entry: ringleader
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leader
Synonyms: agitator, boss, captain, chief, commander, general, head, instigator, mastermind, president, ruler, skipper, spokesperson, troublemaker, brains, chieftain, head honcho, inciter, orchestrator
Main Entry: troublemaker
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who causes a problem
Synonyms: agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand*, gremlin*, heel*, hellion, incendiary, instigator, loose cannon*, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, phony*, punk*, rabble-rouser*, rascal, recreant, smart aleck*, snake*, stormy petrel*, weasel*, bad actor, inciter, inflamer
Antonyms: peacemaker
Main Entry: crusader
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reformer
Synonyms: agitator, champion, progressive, radical, zealot, campaigner
Main Entry: protester
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: demonstrator
Synonyms: agitator, dissident, militant, radical, rebel, heckler, revolutionist
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