agitator

Noun

Meaning

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.

One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fomenter marcher energizer reb crusader crucible shaker monger saddler rogue pebble pusher shifter iconoclast blender
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Antonyms

peacemaker conservative moderate philosopher antagonist traditionalist
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Hypernyms

mischief-maker bad hat troubler troublemaker trouble maker

Phrases with the word

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Examples

The Man of Galilee, the Carpenter, the workingman who became the revolutionary agitator of his day soon found himself to be an undesirable citizen in the eyes of the ruling knaves and they had him crucified. Eugene V. Debs

The agitator must stand outside of organizations, with no bread to earn, no candidate to elect, no party to save, no object but truth - to tear a question open and riddle it with light. Wendell Phillips

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator. Lajos Kossuth

Gokhale has feeling, but feeling guided and controlled by thought, and there is nothing in him which reminds us of the usual type of political agitator. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The agitator seizes the world. The artist is seized by it. Karl Kraus

The Man of Galilee, the Carpenter, the workingman who became the revolutionary agitator of his day soon found himself to be an undesirable citizen in the eyes of the ruling knaves and they had him crucified. Jesus Christ

Close letter words and terms

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