Noun: instigator 'in-stu,gey-tu(r)
- A person who initiates a course of action
"She was the instigator of the company's new sustainability program";
- initiator
- Someone who deliberately foments trouble
"she was the instigator of their quarrel";
- provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
Derived forms: instigators
Type of: bad hat [informal], leader, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler
Encyclopedia: Instigator