Instigator

English

Noun

Instigator (plural Instigators)

1. A person who intentionally incites or starts something, especially one that starts trouble.

Synonyms

• initiator

Thesaurus

agent, agent provocateur, agitator, agitprop, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, catalyst, causer, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, demagogue, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, exciter, executor, executrix, father, firebrand, fomenter, founder, generator, grower, inaugurator, incendiary, inciter, industrialist, inflamer, initiator, inspirer, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mischief-maker, mother, mover, organizer, originator, parent, past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, producer, provocateur, provoker, rabble-rouser, raiser, realizer, ringleader, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, shaper, sire, smith, troublemaker, urger, wright

Etymology

From Latin instīgātor (“stimulator”)

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Related terms

• instigate
• instigation

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Latin

Verb

instīgātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of instīgō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of instīgō