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. Paul Stamets:

   I'm going to say something provocative, but I believe it to my core : Psilocybin makes nicer people.

2. Nick Selby:

   [The hackers] are obviously capable of doing illegal things and they have been making provocative, spectacular statements so this type of attack would not be inconsistent with their previous behavior, even though it is unlikely, but keep in mind, the precautions should are already being taken may not be visible to the average theater-goer. So people shouldn’t expect to see a SWAT like presence at their local movie theater.

3. Paul Stamets:

   These are self-reported citizen scientists projects and we have now around 14,000 people in our app where you register yourself and report your microdose, i'm going to say something provocative, but I believe it to my core : Psilocybin makes nicer people.

4. Press Secretary Josh Earnest:

   North Korea continues to be one of the most isolated nations in the world and their isolation has only deepened as they have sought to engage in increasingly provocative acts.

5. Scott Snyder:

   The important thing here is there is a kind of plan for maintaining readiness, but in ways designed to be less provocative, showing restraint in exercises is OK, refraining would not be appropriate. What would be unacceptable would be the prohibition on... exercises.