Synonyms for revolutionary
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr irev·o·lu·tion·a·ry

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1. revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective

   a radical supporter of political or social revolution

   Synonyms:
   subverter, subversive, revolutionist

   Antonyms:
   counterrevolutionary, old

2. revolutionary, radicaladjective

   markedly new or introducing radical change

   "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"

   Synonyms:
   radical, ultra, rotatory, basal, extremist

   Antonyms:
   old, counterrevolutionary

3. rotatory, revolutionaryadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

   Synonyms:
   radical, rotatory

   Antonyms:
   counterrevolutionary, old

4. revolutionaryadjective

   relating to or having the nature of a revolution

   "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"

   Synonyms:
   radical, rotatory

   Antonyms:
   counterrevolutionary, old

5. revolutionaryadjective

   advocating or engaged in revolution

   "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"

   Synonyms:
   radical, rotatory

   Antonyms:
   old, counterrevolutionary

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1. counterculture

   a way of life, a set of attitudes or a group of people whose ideas and values are different than the mainstream accepted beliefs

   it was the decade of woodstock, counterculture and the draft

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "revolutionary":

   revolution, revolucionaria, revolucionario, revolucionarias, groundbreaking, revolutions, ground-breaking, urng, breakthrough, al-thawra

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1. George C. Marshall:

   If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

2. A.E. Samaan:

   There was nothing conservative about Adolf Hitler. Hitler was an artist and a revolutionary at heart. He wanted to completely upend and remake German society.

3. Alan Rickman:

   Every single black character in that film is positive and highly intelligent, so, 28 years ago, that's quite revolutionary, and quietly so.

4. Tom Forte:

   From a hardware standpoint, I think you can make the argument that it's been more iterative than revolutionary, but I think that diminishes Apple CEO Tim CookFrom contribution to the company, apple CEO Tim CookFrom said...' What can Apple Music be ? Apple Music can be Apple Music, Apple Music can be Apple Music, Apple Music can be much more than the App Store.'.

5. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause. And I am proud this morning to salute you as fellow revolutionaries. Neither you nor I are willing to accept the tyranny of poverty, nor the dictatorship of ignorance, nor the despotism of ill health, nor the oppression of bias and prejudice and bigotry. We want change. We want progress. We want it both abroad and at homeand we aim to get it.