Thesaurus / provocateur
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synonyms for provocateur
- anarchist
- demagogue
- firebrand
- malcontent
- propagandist
- protestor
- radical
- troublemaker
- zealot
- dissident
- dogmatist
- fighter
- fomenter
- incendiary
- inciter
- instigator
- mover
- partisan
- rabble-rouser
- rebel
- revisionist
- revolutionary
- ringleader
- disrupter
- sparkplug
- wave maker
- advocate
- agent
- anarchist
- champion
- demagogue
- dissident
- fighter
- firebrand
- fomenter
- heretic
- incendiary
- instigator
- leftist
- malcontent
- mover
- partisan
- propagandist
- pusher
- rabble-rouser
- radical
- reactionary
- rebel
- reformer
- revisionist
- revolutionary
- ringleader
- troublemaker
- zealot
- disrupter
- sparkplug
- wave maker
- ringleader
- agitator
- firebrand
- hellion
- incendiary
- inciter
- knave
- meddler
- mischief-maker
- nuisance
- punk
- rabble-rouser
- agent provocateur
- inflamer
- sparkplug
- wise guy
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How to use provocateur in a sentence
This is a newsletter about the things I can’t stop thinking about, and this week it’s the brilliant Craig Jenkins column in Vulture that debates Chappelle’s role as a cultural provocateur—especially in context of this new special.
DAVE CHAPPELLE’S POINTLESS TRANSPHOBIA AND HOMOPHOBIAKEVIN FALLONOCTOBER 8, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIt’s a clear distinction between Substack, which is often associated with bomb-throwers like Glenn Greenwald, and Facebook itself, where conservative provocateurs like Ben Shapiro, Dan Bongino, and Sean Hannity thrive.
WHY YOU CAN’T WRITE FOR BULLETIN, FACEBOOK’S NEW SUBSTACK CLONEPETER KAFKAJUNE 4, 2021VOXBefore she was in Congress, Greene was an online conservative provocateur and shared or liked posts that included threats of violence against Democratic politicians.
GREENE’S ‘VERBAL ASSAULT’ ON OCASIO-CORTEZ UNDERSCORES GROWING TENSIONS OVER SAFETY AND SECURITY ON CAPITOL HILLMARIANNA SOTOMAYOR, COLBY ITKOWITZ, JACQUELINE ALEMANYMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTRush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70Limbaugh’s tenure would last less than a month.
NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, RUSH LIMBAUGH LOST HIS ESPN JOB BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T STICK TO SPORTSMATT BONESTEELFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTConservative provocateurs have mastered the art of getting attention and amplifying opinions on the very social networks they so roundly criticize.
CONSERVATIVES GRUMBLING ABOUT CENSORSHIP SAY THEY’RE FLOCKING TO PARLER. THEY TOLD US SO ON TWITTER.DREW HARWELL, RACHEL LERMANNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe Whites put up a provocateur as before a pogrom in Russia.
THE SOUL OF JOHN BROWNSTEPHEN GRAHAMI was looking about to find the German agent provocateur, but I failed to find him.
SPIES OF THE KAISERWILLIAM LE QUEUXThat is why one was never sure that the stranger who denounced Rasputin and his friends was not an agent-provocateur.
THE MINISTER OF EVILWILLIAM LE QUEUXMore than once the charge of being a provocateur was leveled at Lenine and at Trotzky, but without justification, apparently.
BOLSHEVISMJOHN SPARGOMy answer was that a study of many labor cases had taught me the methods of the agent provocateur.
THE PROFITS OF RELIGION, FIFTH EDITIONUPTON SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO PROVOCATEUR
- advocate
- agent
- anarchist
- champion
- demagogue
- disrupter
- dissident
- fighter
- firebrand
- fomenter
- heretic
- incendiary
- instigator
- leftist
- malcontent
- mover
- partisan
- propagandist
- provocateur
- pusher
- rabble-rouser
- radical
- reactionary
- rebel
- reformer
- revisionist
- revolutionary
- ringleader
- sparkplug
- troublemaker
- wave maker
- zealot
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.