Synonyms for provocative
prəˈvɒk ə tɪvprovoca·tive

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1. provocativeadjective

   serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

   "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope

   Antonyms:
   unprovoking, noninflammatory, disarming, unprovocative, unsexy

2. provocativeadjective

   exciting sexual desire

   "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"

   Antonyms:
   disarming, noninflammatory, unprovocative, unprovoking, unsexy

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1. provocativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes

2. provocativenoun

   Synonyms:
   stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation

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1. List of paraphrases for "provocative":

   provocation, inflammatory, challenging

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1. Susan Rice:

   North Korea's launch using ballistic missile technology, following so closely after its January 6 nuclear test, represents yet another destabilizing and provocative action and is a flagrant violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.

2. Kurri Kupec:

   Neomi Rao is a renowned constitutional and administrative law expert. That is why the President nominated Neomi Rao to the D.C. Circuit. The views Neomi Rao expressed a quarter century ago as a college student writing for her student newspaper were intentionally provocative, designed to raise questions and push back against liberal elitism that dominated Neomi Rao campus at the time, more than two decades later, Neomi Rao views can be found in Neomi Rao numerous academic articles and speeches. We are confident Neomi Rao will make an exemplary judge on the D.C Circuit.

3. Kim Il:

   We are worried that in connection with the upcoming April 15 anniversary that the DPRK may be tempted to take another provocative action. We obviously hope not, but we will be prepared.

4. Ikogho David:

   The mind like the tree of life is found in the inexplicable extricacies of Divine Ordinance only to be unearth by provocative thinking-perhaps our perception!

5. Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser:

   Over the past year and a half we've seen the security situation in Europe change quite fundamentally, the more aggressive and provocative behavior by our eastern neighbor Russia has made it necessary for ... the NATO alliance to readjust.