PROVOKER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

provoker

noun

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

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed an attack on Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery Sunday, a major crude oil refinery located on the Red Sea coast in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

— Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Attacks could draw retaliation and reignite Yemen’s war Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen, forcing the government into exile.

— Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebel

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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

Definition of troublemaker

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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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Swatting is just one criminal element associated with 764, which federal authorities have characterized as a network of nihilistic violent extremists.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Take the word of an extremist who wants to destroy the fabric of this country.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremist

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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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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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