Meaning

1 senses

  1. A 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: provokers
Singularprovoker
Pluralprovokers

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Synonyms

12 synonyms
provocateurprovocantprovocatortroublemakeragitatorincitergadflygoadericonoclast
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Word family

1 related words
Relatedprovoke

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neighbours in the dictionary
provocationC2provocativeC1provokeC1provostprowessprowlC1
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