instigator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who deliberately foments trouble
she was the instigator of their quarrel
Types & categories
- troublemaker hypernym
- ringleader hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a person who initiates a course of action
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | troublemaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ringleader |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | leader |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggressor |