All firebrand synonyms

noun firebrand

• instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
• malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
• demonstrator — Demonstrators are people who are marching or gathering somewhere to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
• guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
• protester — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
• troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
• rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
• agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
• hothead — an impetuous or short-tempered person.
• stirrer — a person or thing that stirs.
• revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
• demagogue — If you say that someone such as a politician is a demagogue you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.