instigator

Noun

Meaning

One who instigates or incites.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inciter initiator firebrand provoker troublemaker instigant brewer reb shaker monger shaper source author designer driver
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Antonyms

peacemaker philosopher accessory solver fixer repairer
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Hypernyms

leader mischief-maker bad hat troubler troublemaker trouble maker

Hyponyms

author aggressor ringleader

Related terms

instigation instigate

Phrases with the word

common instigator instigator of war

Examples

I am an instigator of the national energies. A.C. Cuza

Every instigator or madman, who will dare to raise his hand against the government, let him be sure that the government will chop it off. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator. Seth Godin

If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is that the newspaper is not a statement of contents but the contents themselves and more than that, it is an instigator. Karl Kraus

she was the instigator of their quarrel Source: Internet

Despite the absences, the Crew were the decidedly better side and Zelarayán was the instigator. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

instigatingly instigation instigative instigator of war instigatour instigatress