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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 troubleplay

  Familiarity information: PROVOKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROVOKER (noun)


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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