English > trouble maker: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble. |
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| Synonyms | troublemaker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat |
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| Narrower | agitator, fomenter | One who agitates |
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| disturber | A troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet |
| heckler, badgerer | someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections |
| hellhound | A very evil man |
| hellion, heller, devil | A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) |
| instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
| loudmouth, blusterer | A person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly |
| prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker | someone who plays practical jokes on others |
| rioter | troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace |
| Broader | unwelcome person, persona non grata | A person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
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| Spanish | alborotador, alborotoso, bullanguero, buscapleitos, camorrista, embrollón, follonero, perturbador, pleitista, revoltoso |
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| Catalan | busca-raons, pertorbador |
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