incite
Spur to action
To incite is to urge or stir up action, usually something violent or harmful: incite a riot, incite violence, inciting hatred.
The word carries a sense of deliberate provocation—someone who incites isn't just suggesting but actively pushing others toward action.
The speech was designed to incite the crowd against the government.
Strong inner drive
- encourageUrge forward with support
- spurIncentive or heel device
- promptIncite to action
- impelDrive to act
press · push · coax · persuade · influence · motivate · induce · exhort
Cause to begin
- inflameIntensify emotion or irritation
- provokeIncite a response
- goadIncite to action
- antagonizeIncite hostility in
enrage · aggravate · rile · infuriate · anger · exasperate · needle · taunt
Organized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- riotViolent public disturbance
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
sedition · unrest · revolution · coup · insurgency · dissent · resistance · subversion
urge
Strong inner drive
impel · press · push · coax · persuade · influence · motivate · induce · exhort · implore
instigate
Cause to begin
antagonize · enrage · aggravate · rile · infuriate · anger · exasperate · needle · taunt · bait
stir
Mix by circling
kindle · spark · ignite · trigger · arouse · awaken · ferment · stimulate · animate · electrify
revolt
Organized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- riotViolent public disturbance
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
mutiny · sedition · unrest · revolution · coup · insurgency · dissent · resistance · subversion · defiance
- making troublemake waves, stir the pot, raise Cain, kick up a fuss, upset the apple cart
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
- agitateagitate, stir, rouse, disturb, rile up
- encourageencourage, urge, cheer on, exhort, motivate
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- precipitationrain, snow, hail, drizzle, sleet
incitesuppress
Forcibly put an end to
restrain · quell · deter · discourage · subdue
incitediscourage
Diminish someone's confidence
deter · dissuade · prevent · prohibit · disincline
- inciting violenceDeliberately provoking physical harm
- inciting incidentEvent starting main conflict
- inciting riotUrging crowd toward violence
incitement, incited, inciter, inciting, incites, inciters, incitements