revolutionary

Speech parts

1. revolutionary - Noun

2. revolutionary - Adjective

3. revolutionary - Adjective Satellite

4. Revolutionary - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

A revolutionist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

radical subversive revolutionist rotatory communist ultra inquisitor bolshevik Marxist marcher pongo partizan new modern original

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Antonyms

counterrevolutionary orthodox old-fashioned clavier low old

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Hypernyms

radical

Hyponyms

rebel insurgent girondist insurrectionist dynamiter freedom fighter

Phrases with the word

Revolutionary Military Council revolutionary change French Revolutionary Time tupac amaru revolutionary movement the pre-revolutionary period actual revolutionary

Examples

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known. George C. Marshall

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. Albert Camus

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. Hannah Arendt

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm

Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

revolutionarily revolutionariness revolutionarity revolutionary anarchy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia revolutionary army of kampuchea