Synonyms of inciting

inciting 1 of 2

adjective

as in provocative

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction

a deliberately inciting comment questioning someone's manhood started the brawl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provocative
• charged
• provoking
• motivating
• motivational
• exciting
• stimulating
• instigating
• motivative
• triggering
• inflammatory
• piquing
• instigative
• edgy
• inducing
• explosive
• inspiring
• incendiary
• activating
• inspirational
• teasing
• fiery
• energizing
• aggravating
• upsetting
• annoying
• taunting
• irritating
• maddening
• quickening
• vitalizing
• galvanizing
• jeering
• vexatious
• exasperating
• vexing
• bothersome
• irksome
• enraging
• angering
• pesky
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

inciting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of incite

1

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• triggering
• promoting
• raising
• encouraging
• fomenting
• instigating
• abetting
• stimulating
• stirring (up)
• fermenting
• picking
• cultivating
• brewing
• whipping (up)
• fostering
• furthering
• setting in motion
• motivating
• inspiring
• forwarding
• nurturing
• advancing
• detonating
• sowing
• inflaming
• galvanizing
• rousing
• nourishing
• activating
• exciting
• setting off
• energizing
• enflaming
• setting
• enlivening
• invigorating
• firing
• quickening
• vitalizing
• jazzing (up)
• pepping (up)
• livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• inhibiting
• restraining
• holding
• curbing
• discouraging
• checking
• constraining
• taming
• reining (in)
• bridling
• subduing
• soothing
• calming
• settling
• quieting
• allaying
• stilling
• tranquillizing
• tranquilizing

2

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action

the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• encouraging
• stimulating
• stirring
• arousing
• sparking
• instigating
• inspiring
• motivating
• moving
• inducing
• triggering
• exciting
• driving
• firing (up)
• igniting
• revving (up)
• piquing
• inflaming
• impassioning
• fomenting
• activating
• fanning
• motiving
• galvanizing
• angering
• building a fire under
• energizing
• abetting
• kindling
• enflaming
• animating
• bothering
• enraging
• quickening
• taunting
• fermenting
• vitalizing
• setting off
• teasing
• upsetting
• raising
• jeering
• keying (up)
• whipping (up)
• aggravating
• pumping up
• getting
• maddening
• irritating
• annoying
• exasperating
• vexing
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• subduing
• tranquilizing
• appeasing
• placating
• tranquillizing
• pacifying
• mollifying