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instigator
Overview of noun instigator
The noun instigator has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand -- (someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel")
2. instigator, initiator -- (a person who initiates a course of action)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
=> troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
=> ringleader
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
=> aggressor
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
=> troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
=> leader
Antonyms of noun instigator
Member Holonyms of noun instigator
Substance Holonyms of noun instigator
Part Holonyms of noun instigator
Member Meronyms of noun instigator
Substance Meronyms of noun instigator
Part Meronyms of noun instigator
Meronyms of noun instigator
Holonyms of noun instigator
Attributes of noun instigator
Derived Forms of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
RELATED TO>(verb) instigate#1
=> incite, instigate, set off, stir up
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
RELATED TO>(verb) instigate#2
=> prompt, inspire, instigate
Domain of noun instigator
Domain Terms of noun instigator
Familiarity of noun instigator
instigator used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
> troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
=> agitator, fomenter
=> disturber
=> heckler, badgerer
=> hellion, heller, devil
=> hellhound
=> instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
=> loudmouth, blusterer
=> prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker
=> rioter
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
> leader
=> spiritual leader
=> aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
=> bellwether
=> caller
=> captain, chieftain
=> cheerleader
=> choragus
=> civic leader, civil leader
=> commander
=> demigod, superman, Ubermensch
=> duce
=> employer
=> father
=> boss
=> fugleman
=> galvanizer, galvaniser, inspirer
=> guide
=> guru
=> head, chief, top dog
=> headman, tribal chief, chieftain
=> imam, imaum
=> instigator, initiator
=> labor leader
=> lawgiver, lawmaker
=> malik
=> military leader
=> misleader
=> model, role model
=> hero
=> nationalist leader
=> pied piper
=> point man
=> point woman
=> politician, politico, pol, political leader
=> politician
=> presiding officer
=> puppet ruler, puppet leader
=> religious leader
=> scoutmaster
=> spearhead
=> strike leader
=> superior, higher-up, superordinate
=> torchbearer
=> trainer
HAS INSTANCE=> Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti
HAS INSTANCE=> Judas Maccabaeus
HAS INSTANCE=> Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud
HAS INSTANCE=> Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Khadafy, Gaddafi, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi
Meronyms of noun instigator
2 senses of instigator
Sense 1
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
=> troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
instigator, initiator
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun instigator
Grep of noun instigator
instigator
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