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   Rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y

   /ˌrevəˈlo͞oSHəˌnerē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. involving or causing a complete or dramatic change: "a revolutionary new drug" Similar thoroughgoingthoroughcompletetotalentireabsoluteuttercomprehensiveexhaustivesweepingfar-reachingwide-rangingextensiveprofounddrasticsevereseriousmajordesperatestringentviolentforcefulrigorousdraconiannewnoveloriginalunusualunfamiliarunconventionalunorthodoxoff-centerdifferentfreshimaginativecreativeinnovativeinnovatoryinnovationalinventiveingeniousmodernultramodernstate-of-the-artadvancedavant-gardefuturisticpioneeringgroundbreakingtrailblazingdisruptiverareuniquesingularunprecedenteduncommonexperimentaluntesteduntriedunknownsurprisingstrangeexoticout of the ordinarynewfangledleft-fieldrare:unhackneyednew-fashionedneotericOpposite conventionalorthodox
   • 2. engaged in or promoting political revolution: "the revolutionary army" Similar rebelliousrebelinsurgentriotingmutinousmutinyingrenegadeinsurrectionaryseditiousfactiousinsubordinatesubversiverabble-rousinginflammatoryagitationalextremistanarchicrare:revoltinginsurrectionistOpposite moderatelaw-abiding
   • ▪ relating to the American Revolution.

   noun

   • 1. a person who works for or engages in political revolution.

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   • Revolutionary definition: of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change. See examples of REVOLUTIONARY used in a sentence.

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   • Revolutionary activities, organizations, or people have the aim of causing a political revolution. ...a revolutionary leader. A revolutionary is a person who tries to cause a revolution or who takes an active part in one. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and their leaders went into voluntary exile.

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   • radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.: a revolutionary discovery. ( initial capital letter) of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it in U.S. history: Revolutionary heroes; Revolutionary weapons. revolving. noun,plural rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies. a revolutionist.

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   • Revolutionary activities, organizations, or people have the aim of causing a political revolution. Do you know anything about the revolutionary movement? A revolutionary is a person who tries to cause a revolution or who takes an active part in one. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and their leaders went into voluntary exile.

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   involving a great or complete change. a revolutionary idea. a time of rapid and revolutionary change. revolutionary advances in medicine. The effects of technological development are revolutionary. At the time this idea was revolutionary.

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   2 days ago · A revolutionary is a person who tries to cause a revolution or who takes an active part in one. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and their leaders went into voluntary exile. Synonyms: rebel , insurgent , mutineer , insurrectionary More Synonyms of revolutionary

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   The meaning of REVOLUTIONARY is of, relating to, or constituting a revolution. How to use revolutionary in a sentence.

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   adj. Government of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta. Government radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.: a revolutionary discovery.