kindlers

noun

plural of kindler
as in rebels
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent a kindler of riots and public protests, the anarchist Emma Goldman was eventually deported to Russia

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  1. rebels
  2. supporters
  3. promoters
  4. proponents
  5. insurgents
  6. apostles
  7. agitators
  8. exciters
Noun
  • The rebels recently seized more territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The rebels urged their forces to continue fighting and called on Tigrayans to support them.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Student groups protesting since mid-September through school blockades have urged supporters to join them.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • An hour before a ball was even kicked on Sunday afternoon, the beating of drums and chanting from the River Guard supporters group could be heard loud and clear from the locker rooms at the Boas Soccer Complex.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • Two vocal supporters of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra filed a formal campaign finance complaint against his rival, Steve Hilton, on Tuesday over the Republican campaign’s use of paid online promoters.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Fears about a future AI apocalypse distract us from its present-day harms — just as its promoters hope.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of promoters
Noun
  • That could explain why spinning galaxies can be held together without needing an extra source of gravity from dark matter, its proponents have argued.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Peptide proponents argue that shoddy manufacturing — not the peptides — causes harm.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • They’re seen as oligarchs, as the people with wealth and power, controlling our lives—not as outsider insurgents.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • International sanctions persisted, and PF’s ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents continued their liberation war.
    — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Despite the church’s efforts, male Catholic bishops whose identities have not been publicly revealed later ordained two of the women as bishops with the aim of preserving the line of succession from Jesus’ apostles to present-day bishops.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of apostles
Noun
  • Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez also cited agitators moving between schools to encourage violence.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement As protests intensified, state media unleashed a frenzied smear campaign, casting Egyptian protesters as foreign agents and outside agitators.
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of agitators
Noun
  • Up to 42 speakers include exciters in the concept-y seats, with Dolby Atmos capabilities and another seven projectors intended to create a fully immersive environment.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of exciters
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“Kindlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindlers. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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