provoker
provoker · provokers
A person who provokesA person who provokes.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who provokes.
Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) provocateur, provocant, provocator; (other) troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher, goader, iconoclast, shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger
someone who deliberately foments trouble
Origin
From Middle English provoker, equivalent to provoke + -er.From Middle English provoker, equivalent to provoke + -er.
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Forms
plural: provokersSynonyms
16 synonymsprovocateurprovocantprovocatortroublemakeragitatorincitergadflybutton pushergoadericonoclastshit-stirrershit disturbershitmonger
Close in meaning
- someone who deliberately foments trouble:instigatorinciterinstigantfirebrand
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedprovoke