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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
Saffron Burrows

Meaning of "revolutionary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REVOLUTIONARY

revolutionary  [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REVOLUTIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Revolutionary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REVOLUTIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.

Definition of revolutionary in the English dictionary

The first definition of revolutionary in the dictionary is a person who advocates or engages in revolution. Other definition of revolutionary is relating to or characteristic of a revolution. Revolutionary is also advocating or engaged in revolution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REVOLUTIONARY


ablutionary
əˈbluːʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
coevolutionary
ˌkəʊiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
concretionary
kənˈkriːʃənərɪ
convolutionary
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənərɪ
counter-revolutionary
ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
diversionary
daɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
elocutionary
ˌeləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
extortionary
ɪkˈstɔːʃənərɪ
illocutionary
ˌɪləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
incretionary
ɪnˈkriːʃənərɪ
institutionary
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ
locutionary
ləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
macroevolutionary
ˌmækrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
perlocutionary
ˌpɜːləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reversionary
rɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
secretionary
sɪˈkriːʃənərɪ
substitutionary
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REVOLUTIONARY

revolt
revolting
revoltingly
revolute
revolution
revolutional
revolutionaries
revolutionarily
Revolutionary calendar
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Wars
revolutioner
revolutionise
revolutionism
revolutionist
revolutionize
revolvable
revolvably
revolve
revolvency

WORDS THAT END LIKE REVOLUTIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
confectionary
coronary
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discretionary
exclusionary
expansionary
expeditionary
inflationary
missionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reactionary
revisionary
stationary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of revolutionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REVOLUTIONARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «revolutionary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of revolutionary

Translation of «revolutionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REVOLUTIONARY

Find out the translation of revolutionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of revolutionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «revolutionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

革命的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

revolucionario
570 millions of speakers

English

revolutionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रांतिकारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثَوْرِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

революционный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

revolucionário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈপ্লবিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

révolutionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Revolusioner
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

revolutionär
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

革命的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혁명적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Revolusioner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cách mạng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புரட்சிகர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रांतिकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devrimci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rivoluzionario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rewolucyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

революційний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

revoluționar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαναστατικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

revolusionêre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

revolutionär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

revolusjonær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of revolutionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REVOLUTIONARY»

The term «revolutionary» is very widely used and occupies the 11.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REVOLUTIONARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about revolutionary

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10 QUOTES WITH «REVOLUTIONARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word revolutionary.
1
F. Murray Abraham
I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.
2
Patch Adams
I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response.
3
Poul Anderson
I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science.
4
Hannah Arendt
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
5
Vinoba Bhave
Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
6
Lin Biao
In the final analysis, the whole cause of world revolution hinges on the revolutionary struggles of the Asian, African and Latin American people who make up the overwhelming majority of the world's population.
7
Saffron Burrows
I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
8
Vince Cable
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
9
John Cassavetes
I think people are very stiff. Money makes people stiff, and we want it, and we have to pay the penalty. I never agreed with stiffness. I think people have an understanding of what their life is. I define success by being a realist and not humiliating people. I'm a revolutionary - but not in the political sense.
10
Fidel Castro
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVOLUTIONARY»

Discover the use of revolutionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to revolutionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Revolutionary Road
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Richard Yates, 2008
2
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
A historical analysis of America's founding leaders identifies the character qualities that enabled them to make their pivotal contributions to the country's formation, discussing what their examples can teach modern readers and how their ...
Gordon S. Wood, 2006
3
Revolutionary Britannia?: Reflections on the Threat of ...
This book provides students with an alternative view of the potential for revolution and the resources of conservatism in early industrial Britain which challenges many of the common assumptions.
Edward Royle, 2000
4
Revolutionary Wealth
Blazing with fresh ideas, Revolutionary Wealth provides readers with powerful new tools for thinking about—and preparing for—their future. From the Hardcover edition.
Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler, 2006
5
Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician
This volume offers a biography of Samuel Adams, the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution.
John K. Alexander, 2002
6
Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
From Newton's impoverished childhood on the streets of Oakland to his adolescence and struggles with the system, from his role in the Black Panthers to his solitary confinement in the Alameda County Jail, Revolutionary Suicide is smart, ...
Huey P. Newton, 2009
7
Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Process of the Mexican ...
Looks at the Mexican Revolution against the background of world history, discusses the causes of the revolt, and compares it with those in Iran, Russia, and China
John Mason Hart, 1987
8
Revolutionary Letters
This edition is the new volume of DiPrima's classic Revolutionary Letters.
Diane Di Prima, 2007
9
Revolutionary Women: A Book of Stencils
Combining short biographies with striking and usable stencil images of 30 female activists, Anarchists, feminists, freedom-fighters and visionaries, this is an invaluable, genre-crossing resource guaranteed to educate and inspire.
Queen of the Neighbourhood, 2010
10
Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph ...
A wide-eyed teenager during most of the Revolutionary War, Joseph Plumb Martin left his grandfather's farm in Connecticut in 1775 and spent much of the next eight years with the Continental Army, crisscrossing the mid-Atlantic states and ...
Joseph Plumb Martin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVOLUTIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term revolutionary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Grace Lee Boggs, Activist And American Revolutionary, Turns 100
Grace Lee Boggs, who has spent much of her life advocating for civil rights and labor rights, became such a noted figure in Detroit's Black Power movement that ... «NPR, Jun 15»
2
Replica of famed French ship that aided America in Revolutionary
“As we pay tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by General Lafayette and the French people to advance the Revolutionary cause, we reflect on the ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
Group identifies more 3 soldiers who died at Revolutionary War site
In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 photo, Lee Carlson, of Gardiner, N.Y., poses in a field of unmarked graves from the Revolutionary War in Fishkill, N.Y. A historical ... «Deseret News, May 15»
4
Think the Iran Deal Is Going Well? A Revolutionary Guard Leader …
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — International nuclear inspectors will be barred from all Iranian military sites under any deal with world powers, a senior commander in the ... «TheBlaze.com, Apr 15»
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Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen arrest warrant to be auctioned
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A 1774 arrest warrant for Vermont Revolutionary War Hero Ethan Allen and other leaders of the Green Mountain Boys is going on the ... «Deseret News, Apr 15»
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Historians ponder future of Revolutionary War relic
18, 1991 file photo, a replica of the . View gallery. FILE - In this Aug. 18, 1991 file photo, a replica of the Revolutionary War gunboat, the Philadelphia, … «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
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Burkina Faso's revolutionary hero Thomas Sankara to be exhumed
He set up “revolutionary people's tribunals” to try former public officials ... more troubling mystery will remain: whether Thomas Sankara's revolution would have ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
Iran's Revolutionary Guard monitored 8 million Iranian Facebook users
TEHRAN, Iran – Monday's report quotes a statement by the Guard's cyber security division as saying it has tracked "likes" by 8 million Facebook users. It accuses ... «Fox News, Mar 15»
9
New book tells story of Revolutionary War hero John Stark
That reputation served him well when he recruited scouts for the Rangers and, later, New Hampshire militiamen during the Revolutionary War. "If he went to sign ... «Yahoo News UK, Feb 15»
10
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacks a mock US ship in drill
An image taken from Iranian state TV shows damage to a mock US aircraft carrier during naval and air defense drills by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Feb. 25. «New York Post, Feb 15»

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