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rioter
CIDE DICTIONARY
rioter, n.
- One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- One who engages in a riot. See Riot,
n. , 3. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
rioter
agitator, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, enforcer, extremist, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, frondeur, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, jouster, knight, malcontent, maverick, militant, mutineer, nonconformist, plug-ugly, quarreler, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, subversive, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, traitor, tussler, wranglerROGET THESAURUS
rioter
Disobedience
N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.For further exploring for "rioter" in Webster Dictionary Online