revolutionary
Noun pluralrevolutionaries
Pluralrevolutionaries
- 1Bringing a huge change that breaks with old ways of thinking.
Like a single new tool that changes how everyone works.
The new phone had a revolutionary design that changed the whole market.
Her revolutionary idea about teaching spread to schools everywhere.
Similargroundbreaking, radical, innovative, pioneering, trailblazing
Oppositeconventional, traditional, conservative
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- 2Connected with overthrowing a government, or wanting that kind of change.
Like a crowd that wants to throw out the old rulers and start fresh.
The revolutionary leaders wanted to remove the king from power.
Many revolutionary groups met in secret to plan the uprising.
Similarinsurgent, subversive, seditious, radical
Oppositecounterrevolutionary, conservative, reactionary
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- 3A person who fights to overthrow a government or ruler.
Like a rebel who wants to bring down the people in charge.
The young revolutionary handed out leaflets calling for change.
Soldiers arrested the revolutionary before he could reach the palace.
Similarrebel, insurgent, insurrectionist, revolutionist, radical
Oppositecounterrevolutionary, loyalist, reactionary
- 4Related to something that spins or turns around a center.
Like the way the hands of a clock go around the center.
The planet follows a revolutionary path around the sun.
Engineers studied the revolutionary motion of the spinning parts.
Similarorbital, rotational
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Origin
It comes from the word "revolution" plus the ending "-ary."