provoker

noun

as in prompter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provoker
  1. prompter
  2. rebel
  3. troublemaker
  4. insurgent
  5. extremist
  6. promoter
  7. insurrectionist
  8. alarmist
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 one of the videos, the rebels were seen opening fire on some soldiers lying on the ground.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Many rebels believed the burden of repaying the public debt fell disproportionately on common people while benefiting elites.
    — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • Waymo then stopped the car and alerted the San Mateo Police, who showed up and detained the troublemakers, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • This year’s milestone edition furthers that legacy by pairing foundational film voices with the next generation of artistic troublemakers.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of troublemaker
Noun
  • But Democratic leaders fear that the insurgent candidates risk blowing winnable races for Democrats with messages considered too radical for most voters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Across the country, insurgent candidates-—-perhaps most notably Zohran Mamdani in New York City—have found traction by presenting themselves as unapologetic fighters willing to challenge both Republicans and their own party’s leadership.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, and Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the Islamic State group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of extremist
Noun
  • Reps for Jay-Z and Live Nation, the concert’s promoter, did not immediately respond to Variety’s requests for comment.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • Trufero, the main promoter of this change, said the restaurant staff did not object to the ruling.
    — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionist
Noun
  • What makes the fog metaphor credible rather than alarmist is who’s admitting it.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Even temporary sales slumps breed alarmist pronouncements; book parties in disfavored genres begin to feel like wakes, sending off one more spirit to the inevitable afterworld of the remainder shelf.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of alarmist
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