74 entries under noun topic. ×

10
chief(person, leader, director, major)
9
boss(leader, director)
9
leader(person, director, major, superstar)
6
conductor
6
agitator(person, leader, radical, director)
6
demagogue(radical, director, disobedience, partisan)
5
captain(leader, director)
5
bellwether
5
instigator(leader, radical, operative, partisan)
5
troublemaker(leader, radical, operative, partisan)
4
commander(leader, director)
4
firebrand(radical, operative, partisan, mastermind)
4
fugleman
4
general(superior, leader, director, major)
4
head
4
inciter(leader, radical, partisan, reactionary)
4
master(leader, director, major, commandant)
3
agent provocateur(expression, idiom, agent)
3
chieftain
3
director
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