fomenter
- noun
- /foʊˈmɛntər/
- Formal
:
instigador
- In the light, your evil is nothing, instigator of envy, font of avarice, fomenter of discord, author of pain and sorrow.
Examples
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By racist and hate-filled fomenters.
Blog text (16) -
Awlaki's role as a fomenter of violence was further publicized after the December 25, 2009 attempt to down an airliner on its descent to Detroit.
Academic text (2010) -
After all, this is the same aberrant, huffy fomenter of revolution whose uppity prattle informed us that it's inappropriate to teach children right from wrong.
Blog text (21) -
During the protest, the crowd was filled with fomenters who incited unrest and called for change.
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The government accused certain individuals of being fomenters of dissent, undermining public stability.
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In history, many fomenters of revolution have played crucial roles in shaping their nations' futures.
Synonyms
69
4.1
A person who causes problems for other people on purpose
16
6.5
A person who stirs up strong public feelings for political change
14
8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
12
6.8
A person who starts trouble or urges others to act
10
7.9
A person who tries to make others protest or cause trouble
6
8.5
A person who makes a crowd angry or excited about politics
3
9.9
A person who secretly encourages others to break the law to make them look guilty
2
6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
1
7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
1
7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
1
9.4
A person who encourages others to rebel against the government or other authority
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Antonyms
How Agitating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fomenter comes from the verb foment, which originally meant to put a warm cloth on someone to help them heal, from Latin fomentum 'a warm cloth' and foveo 'to warm'. So a fomenter is someone who 'heats up' feelings or problems, which explains why it means a person who stirs up unrest.