Rebel

/ˈɹɛbəl/

Synonyms for "rebel" (226 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Noun(7 words)

insurgent maverickarmed rebellion erabushwhackers defy deviant deviate

adversary agitator anarch anarchist anarcho-syndicalist antagonist antinomian apostate arise assailant attacker bellyacher bolshevik bolshevist bolshiebonnet rougebrawler breakaway carbonarist carbonaro

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castroist castroite challenge charley communist complainant complainer cong crab crankcriminal syndicalistcroaker dare debunker defy

Adjective(2 words)

antisocial growthcolonial era revolt

Verb(2 words)

arise defy

Strong matches (67)

Verb(3 words)

deviates disobeyed disobeys

Adjective(1 words)

disobedient

disobey dissent dissenter dissident extreme extremist extremistic factious faultfinder fenian flout frondeur griper grouch grouser growler grumbler guevarist heretic iconoclast

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insubordinate insurge insurgent insurrect insurrectionary insurrectionist insurrecto jacobin kicker kvetch leninist malcontent maoist marxist mau-mau maverick

Noun(27 words)

disobey dissenter dissident fighter flouterfreedom fighterfrench revolutionarygreyback guerilla guerillas guerrilla guerrillashighly individualisticiconoclast iconoclasts insurgents insurrectionist johnnyjohnny rebkickback

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mahdist mavericks militant militantsmilitia membermore insurrectionarymore partisan

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Noun(32 words)

most unrestrainedmutineer mutineers mutinies mutiny mutinying nonconformist oddball oppose outlaw overthrower punker reb rebellionist rebellionists rebels renegade resist resisters revolts

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revolutionaries revolutionary revolutionists riotsrise uprule breakersocial deviatorspartacus subversives subvertertransgress lawlesslytroubler

mount the barricadesmurmurer mutineer mutineering mutinous mutiny mutterer nihilist nonconformist opponent overthrow puritanquerulous personradical reactionary reactionist rebellious recusant redred republican

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reluct reluctateresistance fighterresister revolt revolter revolute revolution revolutional revolutionaryrevolutionary juntarevolutioner revolutionist revolutionize revolutionizer riot rioter riotous riserise againstrise uproundheadrun riotsans culottesans-culotte sans-culottist schismatic sectary seditionary seditioussinn feinersorehead strike subversive subvert syndicalist terrorist traitor traitorous treasonable trotskyist trotskyite turbulent turn ultraist vc vietcong whiner yankeeyankee doodle

Verb(7 words)

mutinied renegade renegaded revolted revolting riserise up

Adjective(4 words)

nonconformingrevolutionary actrevolutionary activistwild creature

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More general

24 entries

Confederate soldieract againstact against authoritybeing crusader dissent human meliorist member nonconformist opposeoppose powerparticipant person protest recusant

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More specific

15 entries

dissidentfree spiritguerrilla iconoclast insurgent maverickmilitia membermutineer mutiny nonconformistrebel fighterrevolt revolutionaryrise upuprising

Collocations

11 entries

armed rebelrebel againstrebel against authorityrebel against governmentrebel against rulesrebel against status quorebel causerebel grouprebel leaderrebel movementrebel without a cause

Inflections

3 entries

rebelled rebelling rebels

Derivations

2 entries

rebellion rebellious

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

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The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

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Such treatment would make anybody rebel.

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It is quite natural for young people to rebel against their parents.

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