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Synonyms for INSTIGATE
ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪtin·sti·gate
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Wiktionary
instigateverb
Synonyms:
encourage, incite, provoke, tempt, spur, urge, stimulate, animate, impelinstigateverb
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.
Synonyms:
incite, animate, provoke, stimulate, urge, impel, encourage, spur, tempt
English Synonyms and Antonyms
instigate
Abet and instigate are now used almost without exception in a bad sense; one may incite either to good or evil. One incites or instigates to the doing of something not yet done, or to increased activity or further advance in the doing of it; one abets by giving sympathy, countenance, or substantial aid to the doing of that which is already projected or in process of commission. Abet and instigate apply either to persons or actions, incite to persons only; one incites a person to an action. A clergyman will advocate the claims of justice, aid the poor, encourage the despondent, support the weak, uphold the constituted authorities; but he will not incite to a quarrel, instigate a riot, or abet a crime. The originator of a crime often instigates or incites others to abet him in it, or one may instigate or incite others to a crime in the commission of which he himself takes no active part. Compare HELP.
Synonyms:
abet, advocate, aid, assist, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, promote, sanction, support, upholdAntonyms:
baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter, disapprove, disconcert, discourage, dissuade, expose, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct
Princeton's WordNet
incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb
provoke or stir up
"incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
Synonyms:
motivate, start, vex, incite, detonate, raise up, bring out, wake, offset, spark, commove, inflame, disturb, propel, shake up, take off, agitate, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, fire up, inspire, trip, prod, egg on, depart, set off, heat, prompt, activate, spark off, touch off, blow up, ignite, start out, foment, set forth, actuate, stir up, cancel, set outprompt, inspire, instigateverb
serve as the inciting cause of
"She prompted me to call my relatives"
Synonyms:
enliven, actuate, cue, invigorate, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, move, exhort, propel, motivate, barrack, remind, exalt, stir up, breathe in, revolutionise, revolutionize, pep up, urge on, animate, incite, inspire, root on, set off, cheer
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "instigate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#148 | support | |
#207 | part | |
#474 | start | |
#1142 | move | |
#1652 | aid | |
#1706 | trip | |
#2027 | heat | |
#2406 | promote | |
#2644 | assist | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#4774 | wake | |
#5179 | offset | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#6906 | trigger | |
#7451 | advocate | |
#9407 | remind | |
#9811 | urge | |
#10049 | activate | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10274 | spark | |
#11931 | cue | |
#12252 | cheer | |
#12414 | inspire | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#16720 | spur | |
#18201 | explode | |
#18233 | motivate | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#22440 | uphold | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#26982 | animate | |
#27242 | ignite | |
#33807 | countenance | |
#33849 | actuate | |
#33969 | propel | |
#39745 | tempt | |
#41828 | inhale | |
#42683 | incite | |
#43632 | revolutionize | |
#54523 | vex | |
#54651 | abet | |
#56224 | incitement | |
#59811 | barrack | |
#68369 | exalt | |
#69319 | detonate | |
#75952 | enliven | |
#76428 | instigate | |
#79672 | invigorate | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#87318 | exhort | |
#88126 | inflame | |
#88530 | revolutionise | |
#97338 | seditious | |
#108145 | impel | |
#108146 | foment | |
#129985 | embolden |
How to use INSTIGATE in a sentence?
The individuals in( state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan.
The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections.
[Putin] managed to sow doubt about our electoral system. He managed to help defeat the candidate that he despised Hillary Clinton. He managed to get the first national security adviser adviser fired, he managed to instigate instigate multiple counterintelligence investigations and now he's managed in effect to cause the president to fire the FBI director who is investigating him because of concerns about collusion with Russia.
Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with.
We need to ensure that where a serious crime has been committed, the police are informed and can instigate an appropriate multi-agency response to protect girls and bring perpetrators to justice.
Translations for INSTIGATE
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- تحري, حرض, دفعArabic
- anstiftenGerman
- ΗΘΙΚΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΥΡΓΟΣGreek
- instigarSpanish
- تحریک کردنPersian
- susciter, inciterFrench
- भड़कानाHindi
- provokál, felbujtHungarian
- menghasutIndonesian
- 煽動するJapanese
- ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುKannada
- 선동하다Korean
- whakakīkī, whakatūMāori
- aanstichtenDutch
- подговаривать, подбивать, подстрекатьRussian
- pressa framSwedish
- தூண்டுதல்Tamil
- กระตุ้นThai
- підбурюватиUkrainian
- بھڑکاناUrdu
- xúi giụcVietnamese
- 唆Chinese
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