provoker
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7.5
- noun
- /prəˈvoʊkər/
:
provocador
- I'm given pause, though: I know I find them fun and satisfying, but now wonder if it's possible that good storytellers and thought provokers are actually impediments to sharpening one's reasoning.
Examples
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Those depicted as villains and evil provokers will have their own versions of events.
Academic text (1999) -
Moreover, these questions are simply starting points or thought provokers.
Academic text (2010) -
The book was a quick read but a long thought provoker.
Blog text (24) -
But this article is more of a thought provoker.
Blog text (28) -
His questions at the end of the speech are terrific thought-provokers.
Blog text (21) -
And drink, sir… is a great provoker of three things.
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I was hoping to find 10 burning-chrome type thought-provokers but found that the anthology focused more on 'style' and was sort of limited due to genre definition.
Blog text (16) -
These reports frame Janet Jackson as the provoker and Justin Timberlake as the innocent bystander being lured into the trap.
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There was La Belle Otero, Spanish dancer, provoker of suicides and lover of at least six crowned European monarchs, whose breasts served as models for the cupolas on the new Carlton Hotel at Cannes.
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The protest was organized by a known provoker who enjoys stirring up conflict.
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
4
8.1
A person who tries to annoy others online or in conversation
2
6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
2
6.0
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
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8.4
A person who encourages others to do wrong or cause trouble
1
7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
1
8.8
A person who speaks angrily and likes to start political arguments
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who causes political trouble by encouraging others to act against the government
A person who says things that make people angry or afraid
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
A person who causes trouble on purpose to upset others
A person who causes stress or arguments in a group
Antonyms
How Provoking
- Formal
10
7.9
- Literature
6
8.5
16
6.5
1
7.5
12
6.8
- Offensive
69
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Provoker comes from the Latin parts pro- ('forth') and vocare ('to call'), so it literally meant 'to call forth'. So a provoker is someone who 'calls forth' strong feelings or actions, in other words someone who stirs people up.