instigatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.stɪ.ɡeɪ.tər/us/ˈɪn.stə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/a person who causes something to happen, especially something bad:
The instigators of the disturbance have not yet been identified.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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