PROVOKER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

provoker

noun

as in prompter

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Sometimes, the accountability gap could be caused by an operator gap, the divide between AI's potential and the actual real-world performance with a human prompter.

— Punnam Raju Manthena, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Everyone — even Trent [Reznor]’s thing — was on the prompter.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of prompter

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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

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When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.

— Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
Extremists can win blue states, but presidential elections and congressional control are decided in purple states, and America will not elect extremists and socialists.

— Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremist

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The idea sometimes asserted by promoters that asset protection planning can allow a person to decrease their insurance coverage is false.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Those recommendations can expose investors to steep losses, particularly when promoters use their audiences to inflate a token's price before selling their own holdings, a practice commonly known as a pump-and-dump scheme.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of promoter

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And sure, six to eight weeks of emergency supplies might sound a little alarmist — maybe borderline doomsday prep-y.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
But these predictions were often shrugged off as hypothetical or alarmist and failed to stir public or government action.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of alarmist

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