Definition of INSTIGATOR

instigator

Meanings

Plural: instigators

Noun

  • someone who deliberately foments trouble
    • "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
  • a person who initiates a course of action
  • A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin īnstīgātor (“stimulator”), from īnstīgāre (present infinitive of īnstīgō (“to incite, set on, stimulate, rouse or urge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab; to puncture; to goad”)) + -or (from -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (suffix forming nouns denoting authority or burden)); cognate with French instigateur. By surface analysis, instigate + -or.

Scrabble Score: 11

instigator is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
instigator is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
instigator is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

instigator is a valid Words With Friends word