Incendiary Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-sĕndē-ĕrē
Combustible
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ignitable
  2. burnable
  3. flammable
Stirring up strife or rebellion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inflammatory
  2. incitive
  3. provocative
  4. subversive
  5. instigative
  6. agitative
  7. agitational
  8. rabble-rousing
  9. seditious
Antonyms:
  1. conciliatory
  2. peacemaking
Arsonist
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. arsonist
  2. firebug
  3. pyromaniac
  4. petroleur (French)
An agitator
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. agitator
  2. insurgent
  3. rebel
  4. instigator
  5. arsonist
  6. incendiary bomb
  7. firebug
  8. inflammatory
  9. provocateur (French)
  10. pyromaniac
  11. subversive
  12. firebomb

Words Related to Incendiary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Incendiary Sentence Examples

  • All weapons are strictly prohibited from the stadium, from small knives to incendiary devices.

  • The principal's incendiary remarks about their clothes were not appropriate for the students to hear.

  • His team continued to clear the building and toss flares into corners as they sought out any living insurgents or incendiary devices.

  • The politician did not expect the responses to his town hall address to be so incendiary.

  • As the first note was struck the audience erupted into a sea of flying bodies and the already hot atmosphere became incendiary.

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