instigant

Questions about instigant

What does instigant mean?

instigant means "someone who deliberately foments trouble".

How many syllables are in instigant?

instigant has 3 syllables and divides as in-sti-gant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for instigant?

Close synonyms include instigator, provoker, inciter, firebrand. 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 instigant a common word?

instigant 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.