Definition for Incendiary:

• One who maliciously sets fire to a dwelling, building, & c.; one who inflames factions, and promotes quarrels; he who or that which excites.

Synonyms for Incendiary:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • incendiary.
  •causing trouble, damage (adjective)
  • malevolent,
  • rabble-rousing,
  • dissentious,
  • provocative,
  • demagogic,
  • wicked,
  • seditious.
  •combustible (adjective)
  • burnable,
  • burning,
  • ignitible,
  • ignitable,
  • combustive,
  • comburent.
  •harmful (adjective)
  • murderous,
  • risky,
  • Harassing,
  • mischievous,
  • malefic.
  •subversive (adjective)
  • most insurrectionary,
  • more overthrowing,
  • more perversive,
  • most perversive,
  • under-ground,
  • over throwing,
  • more insurrectionary,
  • most overthrowing,
  • over-throwing.

• n.

  •
  • booby trap,
  • atomic bomb,
  • ballistic missile,
  • car bomb,
  • atom bomb,
  • cluster bomb,
  • a-bomb,
  • cannonball,
  • depth charge.
  •
  • dangerous,
  • invidious,
  • treacherous,
  • difficult,
  • rebellious,
  • troublesome,
  • contentious,
  • bad,
  • problematic,
  • adverse,
  • fraught,
  • embarrassing,
  • disruptive.
  •
  • cord,
  • spill.
  •agent provocateur (noun)
  • non cooperators,
  • intelligence agents,
  • non cooperator,
  • non-cooperators,
  • provokers,
  • noncooperators,
  • agent-provocateur,
  • non-cooperator,
  • provocative agents.
  •agitator (noun)
  • revisionist,
  • leftist,
  • revisionists,
  • disrupter,
  • reformer,
  • wave maker,
  • revolutionaries,
  • disrupters,
  • adjy,
  • mover,
  • Leftists,
  • inciter,
  • dogmatist,
  • reformers,
  • fomenter,
  • dogmatists,
  • sparkplug,
  • malcontents,
  • movers.
  •catalyst (noun)
  • in citations,
  • in-citations,
  • in citation,
  • in-citation,
  • adjuvants,
  • synergists,
  • radical stimulu.
  •demagogue (noun)
  • politicians,
  • hotheads,
  • Inflamer,
  • hothead,
  • haranger,
  • soapbox orator.
  •hellion (noun)
  • mischief maker.
  •person who causes fire, trouble (noun)
  • insurgent,
  • rebel,
  • revolutionary,
  • demonstrator,
  • rioter.
  •pyromaniac (noun)
  • pyro maniacs,
  • pyro-maniac,
  • pyro-maniacs,
  • pyro maniac.
  •secret agent (noun)
  • agent provocateur.
  •troublemaker (noun)
  • instigator,
  • phonies,
  • bad actor,
  • hellion.

• v.

  •destroying (verb)
  • destructive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • matchstick,
  • safety match,
  • woodpile,
  • destroyer.
  •
  • poker,
  • firebrand,
  • tinderbox.
  •
  • faggot,
  • fagot.
  •
  • taper.
  •
  • match.
  •
  • stir.
  •
  • live.

Paraphrases for Incendiary:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    inflammatory.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    flammable, combustible, petrol.
  • Proper noun, singular
    combustion.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    molotov, inflammable.

Antonyms for Incendiary:

• adj.

  • causing trouble, damage
    loyal, peacemaking.
  • Other antonyms:
    incombustible, conciliatory, diplomatic, pacific, unprovoking, soothing, calming, noncombustible, unprovocative.

Incendiary Sentence Examples:

• But if they stand on board a ship and, mad with rage, and, without interruption and unremittingly, throw incendiary matter at each other you would rather stop them before the ship is in flames.

• Not until he had pulled the charred sticks from beneath the end of the barn, and assured himself every spark had been drowned out, did Joe speak, and then it was to relieve his mind by making threats against the would - be incendiary.