Rebel

//ˈɹɛbəl//

Synonyms for "rebel" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Noun(2 words)
johnny rebreb
Verb(1 words)
arise

Strong matches (48)

Verb(1 words)
defy

Related words (81)

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10 relation types

More general

15 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

16 entries

has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

29 entries

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Translations

210 translations across 73 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀντάρτης noun (person who resists an established authority)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ثَائِر noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • عَاصٍ noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • مُتَمَرِّد noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • مُتَمَرِّدَة noun (person who resists an established authority)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ապստամբ noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • ապստամբել verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qiyamçı noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • üsyançı noun (person who resists an established authority)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бунта́р noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтаўшчы́к noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • паўста́нец noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтава́цца verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিদ্রোহী noun (person who resists an established authority)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бунта́р noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунто́вник noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • въста́ник noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • мете́жник noun (person who resists an established authority)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သူပုန် noun (person who resists an established authority)

Catalan

1 entries
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 反叛者 noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • 起義者 /起义者 noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • 反叛 verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • 反抗 verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Czech

4 entries
  • buřič noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • povstalec noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • vzbouřenec noun (person who resists an established authority)

Danish

3 entries
  • oprører noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebel verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Dutch

4 entries
  • opstandeling noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • opstaan verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • rebelleren verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • s-b-i-U39-A13 noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • s-b-i-T14 verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ribelulo noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • ribeli verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Estonian

2 entries
  • mässaja noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • vastuhakkaja noun (person who resists an established authority)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kapinallinen noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • niskoittelija noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • niskuri noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • kapinoida verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

French

2 entries
  • rebelle noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • se rebeller verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მეამბოხე noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • მეჯანყე noun (person who resists an established authority)

German

4 entries
  • Aufrührer noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • Rebell noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • aufbegehren verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • rebellieren verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Greek

2 entries
  • αντάρτης noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • επαναστατήσει verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מוֹרֵד noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • מָרַד verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Hindi

4 entries
  • द्रोही noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • बाग़ी noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • बागी noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • विद्रोही noun (person who resists an established authority)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lázadó noun (person who resists an established authority)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • uppreisnarmaður noun (person who resists an established authority)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pendurhaka noun (person who resists an established authority)

Italian

2 entries
  • ribelle noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • ribellarsi verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 反逆者 noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • 反抗する verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • 反逆する verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • 抗う verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бүлікші noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • көтерілісші noun (person who resists an established authority)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កុបករ noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • អ្នកបះបោរ noun (person who resists an established authority)

Korean

2 entries
  • 반역자 noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • 모반하다 verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • козголоңчу noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • көтөрүлүшчү noun (person who resists an established authority)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະບົດ noun (person who resists an established authority)

Latin

2 entries
  • rebellis noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebellō verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dumpinieks noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • nemiernieks noun (person who resists an established authority)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • maištininkas noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • maištininkė noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • sukilėlis noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • sukilėlė noun (person who resists an established authority)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • бунтовник noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • востаник noun (person who resists an established authority)

Malay

1 entries
  • pemberontak noun (person who resists an established authority)

Marathi

2 entries
  • बंडखोर noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • बंड करणे verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Mon

1 entries
  • ညးသပုန် noun (person who resists an established authority)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • босогч noun (person who resists an established authority)

Māori

3 entries
  • hauhau noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • kaiwhana noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • whana verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Norman

1 entries
  • révolté noun (person who resists an established authority)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • isyanker noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • serhildêr noun (person who resists an established authority)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • opprører noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebell noun (person who resists an established authority)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • opprørar noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebell noun (person who resists an established authority)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آیاقلانمق verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • قالقمق verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Pashto

1 entries
  • باغي noun (person who resists an established authority)

Persian

2 entries
  • شورشی noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • یاغی noun (person who resists an established authority)

Polish

4 entries
  • buntowniczka noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • buntownik noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • powstaniec noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • buntować się verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • rebelde noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebelar verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Romanian

2 entries
  • rebel noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebelă noun (person who resists an established authority)

Russian

4 entries
  • бунта́рка noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунта́рь noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтовщи́к noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтовщи́ца noun (person who resists an established authority)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • èirich verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bùntōvnica noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • bùntōvnīk noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • pobunjènica noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • pobunjènīk noun (person who resists an established authority)

Slovak

4 entries
  • burič noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • povstalec noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • vzbúrenec noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • búriť sa verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Slovene

1 entries
  • upornik noun (person who resists an established authority)

Spanish

2 entries
  • rebelde noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • rebelarse verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mwasi noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • kuasi verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Swedish

4 entries
  • rebell noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • upprorsman noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • göra uppror verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • rebellera verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Tajik

4 entries
  • балвогар noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • исёнгар noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • исёнкор noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • шӯришгар noun (person who resists an established authority)

Thai

3 entries
  • กบฏ noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • กบฏ verb (to resist or become defiant towards)
  • ก่อกบฏ verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Turkish

2 entries
  • isyancı noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • isyan etmek verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gozgalaňçy noun (person who resists an established authority)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бунта́р noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтівни́к noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • повста́нець noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • бунтува́ти verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Urdu

1 entries
  • باغی noun (person who resists an established authority)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئىسيانچى noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • غەلىيانچى noun (person who resists an established authority)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • isyonchi noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • qoʻzgʻolonchi noun (person who resists an established authority)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • người nổi loạn noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • người phiến loạn noun (person who resists an established authority)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwrthryfelwr noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • gwrthryfela verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אויפֿשטאַנדלער noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • אויפֿשטענדלער noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • בונטאַר noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • בונטאָווניק noun (person who resists an established authority)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • isyankar noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • xoverdar noun (person who resists an established authority)
  • isyan kerden verb (to resist or become defiant towards)

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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