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PROVOKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provoker mean?
• PROVOKER (noun)
The noun PROVOKER has 1 sense:
1. someone who deliberately foments trouble
Familiarity information: PROVOKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who deliberately foments trouble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
firebrand; inciter; instigant; instigator; provoker
Context example:
she was the instigator of their quarrel
Hypernyms ("provoker" is a kind of...):
bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "provoker"):
ringleader (a person who leads (especially in illicit activities))
Derivation:
provoke (annoy continually or chronically)
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