provocateur

Noun

Meaning

a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

agent provocateur firebrand radical fighter revolutionary champion reactionary incendiary dissident mover insurgent instigator agitator heckler ringleader

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Antonyms

ponce moderate philosopher solver fixer doormat

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Hypernyms

operative intelligence officer secret agent intelligence agent

Examples

Someone who doesn't agree with you – provocateur. Graham Phillips (journalist)

Arthur was arrested in 1882, to be put on trial as a British agent provocateur stirring up further insurrection. Source: Internet

“And he’s a provocateur, he likes to make pronouncements like that. Source: Internet

Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:683) In reflective mode, Wilde coldly examines his career to date, how he had been a colourful agent provocateur in Victorian society, his art, like his paradoxes, seeking to subvert as well as sparkle. Source: Internet

But at heart, Stapleton is not a provocateur. Source: Internet

Critic, provocateur, daring dreamer, he deserves a prominence even higher than what the field has already accorded him. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

provocable provocant provocate provocateuse provocation provocationism