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agitating (for)

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present participle of agitate (for)

Synonyms & Antonyms of agitating (for)

as in working (for), campaigning (for)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for agitating (for)

campaigning (for),
working (for)

advertising,
boosting,
plugging,
publicizing,
touting

abetting,
aiding,
assisting

endowing,
financing,
funding,
patronizing,
staking,
subsidizing,
underwriting

advocating,
backing,
championing,
endorsing
(also indorsing),
supporting,
upholding

advancing,
cultivating,
encouraging,
forwarding,
fostering,
furthering,
incubating,
nourishing,
nursing,
nurturing,
promoting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for agitating (for)

discouraging,
frustrating,
hindering,
inhibiting

banning,
barring,
enjoining,
forbidding,
interdicting,
outlawing,
preventing,
prohibiting,
proscribing

battling,
combating
(or combatting),
contending (with),
countering,
fighting,
opposing

repressing,
snuffing (out),
squashing,
squelching,
stifling,
subduing,
suppressing

arresting,
checking,
halting,
retarding

encumbering,
fettering,
hobbling,
impeding,
interfering (with),
manacling,
obstructing,
shackling

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