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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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
While detecting the characteristic signature from these gravitational waves would be revolutionary, there’s no guarantee that’s possible.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The Mexican actor plays revolutionaries in both season 2 of Star Wars series Andor and new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Still, launching a web browser feels out of sync with the way OpenAI fashions itself as a revolutionary AI lab, not a traditional tech company.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
While detecting the characteristic signature from these gravitational waves would be revolutionary, there’s no guarantee that’s possible.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
Most of the records on the Haitian revolution were written by people who opposed the revolutionaries.
—Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The Mexican actor plays revolutionaries in both season 2 of Star Wars series Andor and new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolutionary. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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