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rouser

rouser

7 7.9
A person who wakes others from sleep or gets them moving
  • noun
  • /ˈraʊzər/
translation icon : despertador
  • "Even during my own newscast, I saw you standing above the crowd, shouting and railing against the governor like some kind of rabble-rouser."
  • rabble-rouser

They're fomenting all these kind of rabble rousers to to literally overthrow the the elected.

Examples

  • Joy and his fellow rabble-rousers succeeded in garnering attention.

    Academic text (2009)
  • There's always a rabble-rouser stirring up trouble.

  • I know about these rabble-rousers.

  • All I need is another rabble-rouser.

  • Why would I want to go help a bunch of rabble-rousers?

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And our cameras also caught Tracy Turnblad, the teenage TV personality and rabble-rouser.

  • Joe knew her then: Chelsea Brennan, fiery spokeswoman or rabble-rouser for the Green Earth Party, with a cult following all her own.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The motivational speaker was a skilled rouser, inspiring the audience to take action.

  • As the event began, the energetic rouser encouraged everyone to join in the festivities.

  • He acted as a rouser, waking the crowd with his powerful speech and enthusiasm.

Synonyms

arouser
vsrouser
8.8

A person who wakes other people from sleep

includes that but also covers stirring others into activity more broadly
waker
vsrouser
8.1

A person or thing that makes other people stop sleeping

applies only to people not to objects or devices

Antonyms

25 1.0

A person who is not awake

Compounds

rabble-rouser
  • Literature
6 8.5

A person who makes a crowd angry or excited about politics

How Stirring

firebrand
  • Formal
10 7.9
rouser
7 7.9
inspirer
1 5.8
motivator
35 4.0
waker
8.1

Surface Forms

rouser singular
rousers plural

Morphology

rouser = rouse (transparent) = rouse + er

Productive agent/instrument formation from the verb 'rouse' with the regular suffix '-er', yielding 'one who or that which rouses.'

Etymology

Rouser comes from the verb rouse, which means 'to wake' or 'to stir'. So a rouser is literally someone who wakes others or gets them moving.