rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y (r v  -l  sh-nr )adj. 1. a. often Revolutionary Relating to or being a revolution: revolutionary war; a museum of the Revolutionary era. b. Bringing about or supporting a political or social revolution: revolutionary pamphlets. 2. Marked by or resulting in radical change: a revolutionary discovery. n. pl. rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies 1. A militant in the struggle for revolution. 2. A supporter of revolutionary principles. rev o·lution·ari·ly adv.rev o·lution·ari·ness n. |
revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ]
n pl -aries
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who advocates or engages in revolution
adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) relating to or characteristic of a revolution
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) advocating or engaged in revolution
3. radically new or different a revolutionary method of making plastics
4. rotating or revolving
revolutionarily adv
Revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ]
adj
1. (Historical Terms) Chiefly US of or relating to the conflict or period of the War of American Independence (1775-83)
2. (Historical Terms) of or relating to any of various other Revolutions, esp the Russian Revolution (1917) or the French Revolution (1789)
An individual attempting to effect a social or political change through the use of extreme measures. See also antiterrorism.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  revolutionary - a radical supporter of political or social revolutioncounter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist - a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution dynamiter, dynamitist - a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause Girondin, Girondist - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
| Adj. | 1. | revolutionary - markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
| 2. | revolutionary - of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn | |
| 3. | revolutionary - relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" | |
| 4. | revolutionary - advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" counterrevolutionary - marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies" |
revolutionary
adjective
1. rebel, radical, extremist, subversive, insurgent, seditious, mutinous, insurrectionary Do you know anything about the revolutionary movement?
rebel loyalist, reactionary, counter-revolutionary
rebel loyalist, reactionary, counter-revolutionary
2. innovative, new, different, novel, radical, fundamental, progressive, experimental, drastic, avant-garde, ground-breaking, thoroughgoing His trumpet-playing was quite revolutionary.
innovative conservative, traditional, conventional, mainstream, trivial
innovative conservative, traditional, conventional, mainstream, trivial
noun
rebel, insurgent, mutineer, insurrectionary, revolutionist, insurrectionist The revolutionaries laid down their arms.
rebel loyalist, reactionary, counter-revolutionary
rebel loyalist, reactionary, counter-revolutionary
Quotations
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution" [Hannah Arendt]
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution" [Hannah Arendt]
Translations
revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənəri]
adj
[leader, movement] → révolutionnaire
[idea, concept, change] → révolutionnaire
n → révolutionnaire mf
revolutionary
adj (lit, fig) → revolutionär; revolutionary government → Revolutionsregierung f; revolutionary leader → Revolutionsführer(in) m(f)
n → Revolutionär(in) m(f), → Revoluzzer(in) m(f) (pej)
revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃn/ərɪ] adj & n → rivoluzionario/a
revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃn/ərɪ] adj & n → rivoluzionario/a
revolutionary [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃn/ərɪ] adj & n → rivoluzionario/a
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