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revolutionary adjective [ rɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri ]

• involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.
• "a revolutionary new drug"
Similar: thoroughgoing, thorough, complete, total, entire, absolute, utter, comprehensive, exhaustive, sweeping, far-reaching, wide-ranging, extensive, profound, drastic, severe, serious, major, desperate, stringent, violent, forceful, rigorous, draconian, new, novel, original, unusual, unfamiliar, unconventional, unorthodox, off-centre, different, fresh, imaginative, creative, innovative, innovatory, innovational, inventive, ingenious, modern, ultra-modern, state-of-the-art, advanced, avant-garde, futuristic, pioneering, groundbreaking, trailblazing, disruptive, rare, unique, singular, unprecedented, uncommon, experimental, untested, untried, unknown, surprising, strange, exotic, out of the ordinary, newfangled, left-field, unhackneyed, new-fashioned, neoteric,
Opposite: conventional, orthodox,
• engaged in or promoting political revolution.
• "the revolutionary army"
Similar: rebellious, rebel, insurgent, rioting, mutinous, mutinying, renegade, insurrectionary, seditious, factious, insubordinate, subversive, rabble-rousing, inflammatory, agitational, extremist, anarchic, revolting, insurrectionist,
Opposite: moderate, law-abiding,

revolutionary noun

• a person who advocates or engages in political revolution.
Similar: rebel, insurgent, revolutionist, Bolshevik, mutineer, insurrectionary, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, anarchist, freedom fighter, resistance fighter, insurrectionist, frondeur,


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