'Instigator' definitions:
Definition of 'instigator'
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Definition of 'Instigator'
From: GCIDE
- Instigator \In"sti*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. instigateur.] One who instigates or incites. --Burke.
- Syn: inciter, instigant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'instigator'
From: Moby 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