Antonyms of adj instigative

1 sense of instigative

Sense 1
incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious -- (arousing to action or rebellion)

INDIRECT (VIA provocative) -> unprovocative, unprovoking -- (not provocative)

Similarity of adj instigative

1 sense of instigative

Sense 1
incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious -- (arousing to action or rebellion)
       => provocative (vs. unprovocative) -- (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope)