agitators
Those inciting unrest
Agitators are people who stir up public opinion or sentiment, typically to provoke social or political change.
The term often carries negative connotations—suggesting troublemakers rather than reformers: Outside agitators were blamed for the unrest.
In machinery, an agitator is a device that stirs or shakes contents, as in a washing machine.
People working for causes
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
radicals · reformers · rabble-rousers · firebrands · insurgents · provocateurs · troublemakers · instigators
activists
People working for causes
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
organizers · radicals · reformers · rabble-rousers · firebrands · insurgents · provocateurs · troublemakers · instigators · campaigners
mixers
Combination devices or gatherings
- stirrersTools for mixing drinks
- impellersRotating blades moving fluid
- paddlesHandheld water propulsion tools
blades · beaters · rotors · propellers · dashers · whisks · turbines · vanes · spinners · baffles
washers
Flat discs under nuts
- washing machinesAutomated clothes cleaners
- pulsatorsThings that throb rhythmically
- finsSwimming appendages
drums · vanes · paddles · spinners · cycles · rinse · tumble · oscillation · load · detergent
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- Iconoclastsheretics, freethinkers, dissidents, mavericks, radicals
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- revolutionariesrevolutionaries, revolutionary, rebel, rebels, Lenin
- drilling equipmentdrill bit, drill pipe, offshore rigs, drilling rig, drillships
- ore processingcrushing, grinding, crushers, flotation, magnetic separation
agitatorspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
peacekeepers · conciliators · mediators · pacifiers · reconcilers
agitatorsconformists
Those obeying social norms
traditionalists · conservatives · loyalists · supporters · upholders
agitatorscalmers
Things that soothe
pacifiers · tranquilizers · appeasers · soothers · reassurers