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All rabble-rouser synonyms

rab·ble-rous·er
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noun rabble-rouser

  • mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
  • disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
  • 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.
  • operatives — Plural form of operative.
  • fomenter — One who incites or promotes.
  • agent provocateur — 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.
  • 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.
  • dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
  • instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
  • firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.
  • inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
  • hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
  • incendiary — used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
  • noncooperator — A person who does not cooperate.
  • mover — a person or thing that moves.
  • hothead — an impetuous or short-tempered person.
  • inciter — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • leftist — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
  • bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
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