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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to gadfly:   (135 results)

Often used in the same context:
provocateur, iconoclast, blowhard, windbag, pontificator, curmudgeon, pamphleteer, grandstander, agitator, naysayer, denizen, muckraker, satirist, polemicist, bon vivant, activist, crusader, blogger, basher, politician, proselytizer, meddler, naderite, detractor, ironist, newspaperman, dilettante, penny pincher, moralizer, hizzoner, carpetbagger, underminer, bloviator, maverick, freethinker, ranter, doomsayer, moralist, poobah, wonk, critic, pundit, griper, politico, panderer, chatterer, humorist, neophyte, spinmeister, grumblers, controversialist, loudmouth, punster, businessperson, lincoln steffens, impresario, loose cannon, newshound, zealot, bigwig, wiseacre, kibitzer, skirt chaser, misanthrope, testifier, prankster, pols, huckster, scrapper, noodge, chronicler, prevaricator, interloper, egghead, mudslinger, firebrand, councilman, buffoon, backslider, tightwad, nutcase, junkie, prig, irascibility, vulgarian, columnist, egotist, egomaniac, rascal, braggart, bozo, esthete, scribbler, grand inquisitor, gasbag, busybody, watcher, nitpicker, taxer, exaggerator, gooder, slumlord, watchdog, watchdogs, gatekeepers, credo, dissidence, hotbed, instrumentalities, lobbyist, mentor, operative, periodical, pest, agency, consultant, endeavour, hubris, luminaries, pariah, raison, shibboleth

More specific:
botfly, cleg, clegg, horsefly, horse fly, warble fly

More general:
fly, persecutor, tormentor

Synonyms:
blighter, cuss, pest, pesterer

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— Adjectives for gadfly: redoubtable, political, socratic, intellectual, social, persistent, little, chief, literary, moral, corporate, more...

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