Synonyms for provocative
prəˈvɒk ə tɪvprovoca·tive

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1. provocativeadjective

   serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

   "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope

   Antonyms:
   unprovoking, noninflammatory, disarming, unprovocative, unsexy

2. provocativeadjective

   exciting sexual desire

   "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"

   Antonyms:
   disarming, noninflammatory, unprovocative, unprovoking, unsexy

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1. provocativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes

2. provocativenoun

   Synonyms:
   stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation

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1. List of paraphrases for "provocative":

   provocation, inflammatory, challenging

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1. John Cornyn:

   I am glad he is considering retaliatory action, because we have seen that red lines that go on in forest just encourage further provocative action by Assad. So, it is unconventional to be sure. Something I doubt any other president would have done.

2. John Kerry:

   We have to join together in calling for an immediate end to violence. We must stress the importance of avoiding provocative actions and rhetoric, and we must work cooperatively. It's the only way to go forward, is to work cooperative to restore calm.

3. Philip Yun:

   They game everything out. They don't do things off the cuff for the most part, if they're going to do something very provocative, they have an extensive decision tree laying out many options.

4. Press Secretary Josh Earnest:

   North Korea continues to be one of the most isolated nations in the world and their isolation has only deepened as they have sought to engage in increasingly provocative acts.

5. Ken Coates:

   The greatest hope the government can have is they neutralize this topic. Imagine if a multinational gets ownership of the pipeline, or an indigenous consortium. The indigenous (option) is way less provocative.