Initiator: alternatives and connections

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

One who instigates or incites.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.