Words and phrases that have a meaning related to gadfly: (134 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 general:
Also try:fly, persecutor, tormentor
— Adjectives for gadfly: redoubtable, political, socratic, intellectual, social, persistent, little, chief, literary, moral, corporate, more...
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