rev·o·lu·tion·ary
ˌre-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē 
1
a
: of, relating to, or constituting a revolution
revolutionary war
b
: tending to or promoting revolution
c
: constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change
a revolutionary new product
2
capitalized
: of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period in which it occurred
plural revolutionaries
1
: one engaged in a revolution
2
: an advocate or adherent of revolutionary doctrines
Examples of revolutionary in a Sentence
Adjective
a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital
Noun
after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries
at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
The problem with most revolutionary acts is that the message is lost on normies.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
That’s right, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his ensemble of revolutionaries will reunite for a special performance at the 78th Tony Awards in honor of the show’s 10th anniversary.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food
The prose in Nigella Lawson’s revolutionary How to Eat is evocative enough that you will be tempted to read it like a novel.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
The problem with most revolutionary acts is that the message is lost on normies.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
Noun
But because of World War I and the sabotage by Arab revolutionaries and T.E. Lawrence, only the segment from Damascus to Medina was completed.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
That’s right, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his ensemble of revolutionaries will reunite for a special performance at the 78th Tony Awards in honor of the show’s 10th anniversary.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 May 2025
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“Revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolutionary. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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