noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹaɪətə/
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General-American:/ˈɹaɪətɚ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot + -er.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
iğtişaşçı
— one who riots
Belarusian:
бунтаўнік
(buntawnik)
— one who riots
Belarusian:
бунтаўшчык
(buntawščyk)
— one who riots
Belarusian:
пагромшчык
(pahrómščyk)
— one who riots
Bulgarian:
размирник
(razmirnik)
— one who riots
Catalan:
amotinat
— one who riots
Catalan:
amotinada
— one who riots
Dutch:
relschopper
— one who riots
Dutch:
oproermaker
— one who riots
Finnish:
mellakoitsija
— one who riots
Finnish:
mellakoija
— one who riots
French:
émeutier
— one who riots
French:
émeutière
— one who riots
German:
Randalierer
— one who riots
German:
Randaliererin
— one who riots
German:
Aufrührer
— one who riots
German:
Aufrührerin
— one who riots
Irish:
círéibeoir
— one who riots
Korean:
폭도
(pokdo)
— one who riots
Middle English:
riotour
— one who riots
Polish:
buntownik
— one who riots
Polish:
buntowniczka
— one who riots
Portuguese:
baderneiro
— one who riots
Portuguese:
baderneira
— one who riots
Russian:
бунтовщи́к
(buntovščík)
— one who riots
Russian:
повста́нец
(povstánec)
— one who riots
Russian:
мяте́жник
(mjatéžnik)
— one who riots
Russian:
бунта́рь
(buntárʹ)
— one who riots
Swedish:
upploppsmakare
— one who riots
Turkish:
gösterici; isyancı; ayaklanmacı
— one who riots