People and roles

Synonyms for instigator

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

someone who deliberately foments trouble

She was the instigator of their quarrel.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

firebrand

Same sentence, swapped: She was the firebrand of their quarrel.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for instigator as it is used in the sentence above.

heckler
prankster
loudmouth

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