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Synonyms & Antonyms of provocateur
- a calculating provocateur, she has made a career out of controversy for its own sake
Synonyms for provocateur
- agitator,
- demagogue
- (also demagog),
- exciter,
- firebrand,
- fomenter,
- incendiary,
- inciter,
- instigator,
- kindler,
- rabble-rouser
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The first known use of provocateur was in 1919
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