agitator
One who inflames
An agitator is a person who stirs up public opinion or discontent, especially for political change: union agitators, outside agitators blamed for the protests.
The word often carries negative connotations—implying troublemaking rather than principled activism.
In machinery, an agitator is a device that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.
One who publicly opposes
- demonstratorOne who protests publicly
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
troublemaker · instigator · provocateur · militant · radical · organizer · campaigner · reformer
Combines ingredients or people
- stirrerTool for mixing liquids
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- impellerPump's spinning blade assembly
- bladeFlat cutting edge
beater · rotor · tumbler · shaker · drum · washer · churn · whisk
Tiny fiery particle
- triggerWhat initiates action
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
- provocationAct that triggers response
instigation · goad · spur · impetus · irritant · inflamer · antagonist · needler
protester
One who publicly opposes
- demonstratorOne who protests publicly
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
firebrand · troublemaker · instigator · provocateur · militant · radical · organizer · campaigner · reformer · revolutionary
mixer
Combines ingredients or people
blade · beater · rotor · tumbler · shaker · drum · washer · churn · whisk · homogenizer
spark
Tiny fiery particle
- triggerWhat initiates action
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
provocation · instigation · goad · spur · impetus · irritant · inflamer · antagonist · needler · disruption
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, fold
- laundry caremachine wash, hand wash, delicate cycle, permanent press, spin cycle
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- advocatesadvocate, activist, campaigner, crusader, defender
- laundromatwasher, washers, dryer, dryers, washing machines
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
agitatorpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
conciliator · reconciler · uniter · mediator · pacifier
agitatoryes-man
Uncritical agreeable subordinate
loyalist · conformist · sycophant · company man · bootlicker
agitatorbystander
One who observes nearby
fence-sitter · spectator · quietist · wallflower · silent majority
agitated, agitate, agitation, agitating, agitates, unagitated, agitators, agitations