People and roles
Synonyms for instigator
The synonym for instigator recorded in this bank is firebrand, in the sense "someone who deliberately foments trouble". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for instigator
- firebrandnoun, in the sense "someone who deliberately foments trouble"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day instigator is audited in a second meaning.
someone who deliberately foments trouble
She was the instigator of their quarrel.
The true synonym
firebrand
Same sentence, swapped: She was the firebrand of their quarrel.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- heckler
- prankster
- loudmouth
Where instigator turns up in the game
instigator is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play instigator
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so instigator reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because people and roles is the company instigator keeps.
Climb the library a rung at a time
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