One entry found for provocative.

Entry Word: provocative
Function: adjective
Text: serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction <a provocative editorial that sparked a heated discussion>
Synonyms exciting, inciting, instigating, piquing, provoking, stimulating
Related Words explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflammatory, triggering; inducing, inspirational, inspiring, motivating; jeering, taunting, teasing; activating, energizing, galvanizing, quickening, vitalizing; angering, enraging, maddening, upsetting; aggravating, annoying, bothersome, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, pesky, vexatious, vexing
Near Antonyms subduing