instigator#1 (n)
provoker (n)
inciter (n)
instigant (n)
firebrand (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def someone who deliberately foments trouble
examples she was the instigator of their quarrel
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Hypernym troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
Derivationally related form instigant → instigate
Derivationally related form inciter → incite
Derivationally related form inciter → incite
Derivationally related form provoker → provoke
Derivationally related form instigator → instigate
Hyponym ringleader
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Hypernym ringleader
Hyponym troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
Derivationally related form instigate → instigant
Derivationally related form instigate → instigator
Derivationally related form incite → inciter
Derivationally related form incite → inciter
Derivationally related form provoke → provoker

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