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instigater

instigater is the alternative spelling of instigator.

Meaning of instigator

Noun

instigator (plural instigators)

  1. A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
    • Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:troublemaker

Forms of instigater

pluralinstigaters

Origin of instigater

From instigate + -er.

Questions about instigater

What is instigater the alternative spelling of?
Instigater is the alternative spelling of instigator.

Words near instigater in the dictionary

  1. INSTI
  2. instigant
  3. instigants
  4. instigate
  5. instigated
  6. instigater
  7. instigaters
  8. instigates
  9. instigating
  10. instigatingly
  11. instigation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instigater (page history and authors); instigator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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