inciters
Those sparking unrest
Inciters are people who provoke or stir others to action, typically toward something disruptive or violent.
The word carries negative connotations—you rarely hear of inciters to peace or charity.
The authorities arrested several inciters at the protest.
Social media platforms struggle to identify inciters before violence erupts.
Those who incite disturbance
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
demagogues · firebrands · seditionists · dissidents · activists · organizers · propagandists · radicals
Those who initiate trouble
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
- antagonistsOpponents in conflict
- troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately
warmongers · hatemongers · bullies · thugs · ringleaders · perpetrators · enablers · accomplices
Those who incite discord
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
- manipulatorsPeople who influence deceitfully
- influencersPeople with online sway
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
stirrers · goaders · tempters · seducers · charmers · persuaders · motivators · enablers
Those facing prosecution
- conspiratorsSecret joint schemers
- accomplicesPartners in crime
- abettorsThose aiding lawbreakers
- accessoriesSupplementary items or adornments
co-conspirators · perpetrators · offenders · culprits · accused · indicted · charged · prosecuted
agitators
Those who incite disturbance
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
instigators · demagogues · firebrands · seditionists · dissidents · activists · organizers · propagandists · radicals · subversives
instigators
Those who initiate trouble
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
- antagonistsOpponents in conflict
troublemakers · warmongers · hatemongers · bullies · thugs · ringleaders · perpetrators · enablers · accomplices · abettors
provocateurs
Those who incite discord
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
- manipulatorsPeople who influence deceitfully
- influencersPeople with online sway
instigators · stirrers · goaders · tempters · seducers · charmers · persuaders · motivators · enablers · catalysts
defendants
Those facing prosecution
- conspiratorsSecret joint schemers
- accomplicesPartners in crime
- abettorsThose aiding lawbreakers
accessories · co-conspirators · perpetrators · offenders · culprits · accused · indicted · charged · prosecuted · liable
- noisemakersnoisemaker, air horn, bell, buzzer, kazoo
- wake-up thingsalarm clocks, roosters, coffee, espresso, caffeine
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
inciterspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
pacifiers · mediators · conciliators · peacekeepers · reconcilers
inciterscalmers
Things that soothe
soothers · pacifiers · tranquilizers · comforters · reassurers