What does Revolutionary mean?
Definitions for Revolutionary
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr irev·o·lu·tion·a·ry
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Revolutionary.
Princeton's WordNet
revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective
a radical supporter of political or social revolution
revolutionary, radicaladjective
markedly new or introducing radical change
"a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
rotatory, revolutionaryadjective
of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
revolutionaryadjective
relating to or having the nature of a revolution
"revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"
revolutionaryadjective
advocating or engaged in revolution
"revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"
Wiktionary
revolutionarynoun
A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
revolutionaryadjective
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
revolutionaryadjective
pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
revolutionaryadjective
pertaining to something that revolves
Etymology: confer révolutionnaire
Webster Dictionary
Revolutionaryadjective
of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators
Revolutionarynoun
a revolutionist
Etymology: [Cf. F. rvolutionnaire.]
Freebase
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 Gazetteer
revolutionary
Tending or pertaining to a revolution in government; as, a revolutionary war.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Revolutionary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3856
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Revolutionary' in Adjectives Frequency: #517
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Revolutionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Revolutionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Revolutionary in a Sentence
It's a gradual and not a revolutionary kind of thing ... However for many companies it was a huge wakeup call because they never did their homework. They never took the data protection directive seriously.
It's a revolutionary program, nothing like this has ever been built by anybody, not even the Navy.
It's still a revolutionary movie because it doesn't talk about the way we Palestinians are usually represented in the world, we are representing ourselves by the new generation without trying to prove anything to anyone, with our' goods' and' bads'.
African-Americans were on the front lines of every way, from the Spanish-American War, throughout the Revolutionary war, the Civil War, both World Wars, Vietnam, we have paid our dues with our blood and our toil, so America owes African Americans much more than they are willing to acknowledge.
Smartphone improvements are becoming... evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the first-time pool of smartphone buyers in China has also dwindled significantly.
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Translations for Revolutionary
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- revolucionariCatalan, Valencian
- revoluční, revolucionářCzech
- revolutionærDanish
- revolutionär, RevolutionärinGerman
- επαναστατικόςGreek
- revoluciaEsperanto
- revolucionaria, revolucionarioSpanish
- vallankumouksellinenFinnish
- révolutionnaireFrench
- rèabhlaideachScottish Gaelic
- forradalmi, forradalmárHungarian
- revolusionerIndonesian
- rivoluzionarioItalian
- מהפכניתHebrew
- 革命家, 革命的Japanese
- ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರಿKannada
- 혁명가Korean
- شۆڕشگێڕKurdish
- rerumLatin
- revoliucionierė, revoliucinė, revoliucingas, revoliucionierius, revoliucinga, revoliucinisLithuanian
- revolucionāra, revolucionārs, revolucionāreLatvian
- kaiwhakatuma, kaiwhanaMāori
- revolutionair, baanbrekendDutch
- revolusjonærNorwegian Nynorsk
- revolusjonærNorwegian
- rewolucjonistka, rewolucyjny, rewolucjonistaPolish
- revolucionárioPortuguese
- revoluționarRomanian
- революционный, революционер, революционеркаRussian
- revolutionär, banbrytandeSwedish
- புரட்சிகரTamil
- революційнийUkrainian
- nhà cách mạngVietnamese
- jilevolutanik, levolutanik, jilevolutan, hilevolutan, levolutik, hilevolutanik, levolutanVolapük
- רעוואלוציאנערYiddish
- 革命的Chinese
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