Definitions for REVOLUTIONARY
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr irev·o·lu·tion·a·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective

   a radical supporter of political or social revolution

2. revolutionary, radicaladjective

   markedly new or introducing radical change

   "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"

3. rotatory, revolutionaryadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

4. revolutionaryadjective

   relating to or having the nature of a revolution

   "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"

5. revolutionaryadjective

   advocating or engaged in revolution

   "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. revolutionarynoun

   A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

2. revolutionaryadjective

   Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

3. revolutionaryadjective

   pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset

4. revolutionaryadjective

   pertaining to something that revolves

5. Etymology: confer révolutionnaire

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Revolutionaryadjective

   of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators

2. Revolutionarynoun

   a revolutionist

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. rvolutionnaire.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. revolutionary

   Tending or pertaining to a revolution in government; as, a revolutionary war.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REVOLUTIONARY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3856

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REVOLUTIONARY' in Adjectives Frequency: #517

How to pronounce REVOLUTIONARY?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of REVOLUTIONARY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of REVOLUTIONARY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of REVOLUTIONARY in a Sentence

1. Jack Kim:

   The party's revolutionary armament means we are ready to fight any kind of war waged by the U.S. imperialists.

2. Tom Forte:

   From a hardware standpoint, I think you can make the argument that it's been more iterative than revolutionary, but I think that diminishes Apple CEO Tim CookFrom contribution to the company, apple CEO Tim CookFrom said...' What can Apple Arcade be ? Apple Arcade can be Apple Arcade, Apple Arcade can be Apple Arcade, Apple Arcade can be much more than the App Store.'.

3. Moncef Marzouki:

   There is a real danger of power being in one party's hands, This fight is clear between the revolutionary forces and the old regime.

4. Christopher Sabatini:

   That iconic revolutionary figure is gone, while the appeal of this type of leader may not be gone, there is no one to inherit Castro’s mantle.

5. Timothy McVeigh:

   I determined that the best way would be to continue on as the Paul Revere type messenger instead of the John Brown type revolutionary, that you could accomplish maybe two in one.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=REVOLUTIONARY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Revolutionary
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/REVOLUTIONARY
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=REVOLUTIONARY
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html