agitator β 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.
firebrand β a piece of burning wood or other material.
fanatic β a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
hothead β an impetuous or short-tempered person.
incendiary β used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
inciter β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
instigator β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
politician β a person who is active in party politics.
rabble-rouser β a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
radical β of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
rebel β a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
revolutionary β of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
troublemaker β a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
evildoer β A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
mischief-maker β a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
punk β Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
rascal β a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
agent provocateur β An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
loose cannon β a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others.
wise guy β Informal. a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck: He has a reputation for being a wise guy.
ringleader β a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
hellion β a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
knave β an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
meddler β to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
nuisance β an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
provocateur β a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
sparkplug β to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
gremlin β a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
phony β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
snake β any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
weasel β any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
bad actor β a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
stormy petrel β the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
