PRODDER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

prodder

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Definition of prodder

as in prompter

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Noun

Everyone — even Trent [Reznor]’s thing — was on the prompter.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Today, while a prompter interacts directly with the separate query, an architect is a multi-responsible person.

— Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of prompter

Noun

In fact, in the early days of Trumpism’s rise the South Carolina Senator attempted to block it from taking hold of a party that, just eight years earlier, had once been helmed by Graham’s best friend and fellow Senate troublemaker John McCain.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2026
In the movie, Broderick played Ferris, a teenage troublemaker who breaks the rules — and the fourth wall.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of troublemaker

Noun

An endorsement in this race could signal a preference for either the insurgent progressive wing of the party or for the more moderate establishment.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Hong, who has run as an insurgent candidate, tried to cast herself as the one who could bring together Republicans, Democrats, independents and democratic socialists.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of insurgent

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The order is the latest in a long-running SEBI probe into Zee’s promoters.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Lollapalooza’s promoter, C3 Presents, is now on the hook for the cleanup, including what could be a costly restoration of Grant Park’s grass, which had disappeared under the crowds by the festival’s third day.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of promoter

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The following day, the state added him to its official register of terrorists and extremists, a designation that obliges Russian banks to freeze his assets.

— Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The song debuted in 1995, at a Voters for Choice benefit concert hosted by Gloria Steinem, after an antiabortion extremist murdered two women at a Planned Parenthood and another family-planning clinic in Massachusetts.

— Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026

Definition of extremist

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But lawmakers appear to be turning to the provisions as a means of transitioning away from that model and toward what proponents, including Netanyahu, describe as a mutually beneficial defense partnership.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Although proponents say the substances help with weight loss, energy and muscle mass, and often cite research that has been done solely on animals or on a very small number of humans, no one knows for certain how or when it should be used in humans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of proponent

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New York Yankees president Randy Levine and Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell have been helping lead the charge from the committee's standpoint.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
ArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of the Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, European Spaceflight reports.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

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