incitive

1. 1.

   arousing to action or rebellion

   Synonymsincendiaryinflammatoryinstigativerabble-rousingseditious

   Similarprovocative

Questions about incitive

What does incitive mean?

incitive means "arousing to action or rebellion".

How many syllables are in incitive?

incitive has 3 syllables: in-ci-tive. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for incitive?

Close synonyms include incendiary, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is incitive a common word?

incitive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.