Rebellion

//ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən//

Synonyms for "rebellion" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(1 words)
uprising

Strong matches (16)

Noun(1 words)
insurrection

Related words (26)

Noun(2 words)
revoltrising

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

6 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

227 translations across 84 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • kryengritje noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelim noun (armed resistance)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποστασία noun (armed resistance)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَمَرُّد noun (armed resistance)
  • ثَوْرَة noun (armed resistance)
  • عِصْيَان noun (armed resistance)
  • قِيَام noun (armed resistance)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ապստամբություն noun (armed resistance)
  • դիմադրություն noun (defiance)
  • խռովություն noun (armed resistance)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bunt noun (armed resistance)
  • ixtilal noun (armed resistance)
  • qiyam noun (armed resistance)
  • üsyan noun (armed resistance)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • баш күтәреү noun (armed resistance)
  • баш күтәреү noun (defiance)
  • ихтилал noun (armed resistance)
  • ихтилал noun (defiance)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бунт noun (armed resistance)
  • бунт noun (defiance)
  • мяце́ж noun (armed resistance)
  • непаслушэ́нства noun (defiance)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিদ্রোহ noun (armed resistance)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бунт noun (armed resistance)
  • въста́ние noun (armed resistance)
  • недово́лство noun (defiance)
  • съпроти́ва noun (defiance)

Burmese

2 entries
  • တော်လှန်ရေး noun (armed resistance)
  • အရေးတော်ပုံ noun (armed resistance)

Catalan

2 entries
  • rebel·lió noun (armed resistance)
  • rebel·lió noun (defiance)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гӏаттам noun (armed resistance)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 叛亂 /叛乱 noun (armed resistance)
  • 暴動 /暴动 noun (armed resistance)
  • 起義 /起义 noun (armed resistance)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 叛亂 /叛乱 noun (armed resistance)
  • 叛逆 noun (defiance)
  • 暴動 /暴动 noun (armed resistance)
  • 起義 /起义 noun (armed resistance)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • пӑлхав noun (armed resistance)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • isyan noun (armed resistance)

Czech

4 entries
  • povstání noun (armed resistance)
  • povstání noun (defiance)
  • rebelie noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelie noun (defiance)

Danish

1 entries
  • oprør noun (armed resistance)

Dari

4 entries
  • بَغَاوَت noun (armed resistance)
  • شورِش noun (armed resistance)
  • عِصْیَان noun (armed resistance)
  • قِیَام noun (armed resistance)

Dutch

4 entries
  • oproer noun (armed resistance)
  • opstand noun (armed resistance)
  • rebellie noun (armed resistance)
  • verzet noun (armed resistance)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-b-i-W-T14-A14:Z2 noun (armed resistance)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ribelo noun (defiance)

Estonian

2 entries
  • mäss noun (armed resistance)
  • vastuhakk noun (armed resistance)

Finnish

3 entries
  • (aseellinen) vastarinta noun (armed resistance)
  • kapina noun (armed resistance)
  • vastarinta noun (defiance)

French

1 entries
  • rébellion noun (armed resistance)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ამბოხება noun (armed resistance)
  • ამბოხი noun (armed resistance)
  • აჯანყება noun (armed resistance)

German

4 entries
  • Aufruhr noun (armed resistance)
  • Aufstand noun (armed resistance)
  • Rebellion noun (armed resistance)
  • Rebellion noun (defiance)

Greek

2 entries
  • εξέγερση noun (armed resistance)
  • επανάσταση noun (armed resistance)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מֶרֶד noun (armed resistance)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इस्यान noun (armed resistance)
  • बग़ावत noun (armed resistance)
  • विद्रोह noun (armed resistance)
  • विद्रोह noun (defiance)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ellenszegülés noun (defiance)
  • felkelés noun (armed resistance)
  • lázadás noun (armed resistance)
  • zendülés noun (armed resistance)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • uppreisn noun (armed resistance)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pemberontakan noun (armed resistance)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • بَغاوَت noun (armed resistance)
  • شورِش noun (armed resistance)
  • عِصْیان noun (armed resistance)
  • قِیام noun (armed resistance)

Italian

2 entries
  • ribellione noun (armed resistance)
  • ribellione noun (defiance)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 反乱 noun (armed resistance)
  • 反抗 noun (defiance)
  • 反発 noun (defiance)
  • 反逆 noun (defiance)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • асылық noun (defiance)
  • көтеріліс noun (armed resistance)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចលាចល noun (armed resistance)
  • សង្កុបកម្ម noun (armed resistance)

Korean

4 entries
  • 모반 noun (armed resistance)
  • 반란 noun (armed resistance)
  • 반항 noun (defiance)
  • 봉기 noun (armed resistance)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • козголоң noun (armed resistance)
  • көтөрүлүш noun (armed resistance)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຈະລາຈົນ noun (armed resistance)

Latin

2 entries
  • rebellium noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelliō noun (armed resistance)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sacelšanās noun (armed resistance)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • maištas noun (defiance)
  • sukilimas noun (armed resistance)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Rebellioun noun (armed resistance)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • буна noun (armed resistance)
  • бунт noun (armed resistance)
  • бунт noun (defiance)
  • востание noun (armed resistance)

Malay

1 entries
  • pemberontakan noun (armed resistance)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ribelljoni noun (armed resistance)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бослого noun (armed resistance)
  • ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (armed resistance)

Māori

1 entries
  • whananga noun (armed resistance)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • ufwakuzi class 11/10a noun (defiance)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • pişterêbûn noun (armed resistance)
  • serhildan noun (armed resistance)
  • îsyan noun (armed resistance)
  • şoreş noun (armed resistance)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • opprør noun (armed resistance)

Oromo

1 entries
  • fincila noun (armed resistance)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اختلال noun (armed resistance)
  • زوربهلق noun (armed resistance)
  • عصیان noun (armed resistance)

Pashto

4 entries
  • بغاوت noun (armed resistance)
  • شورش noun (armed resistance)
  • عصيان noun (armed resistance)
  • قيام noun (armed resistance)

Polish

4 entries
  • bunt noun (armed resistance)
  • bunt noun (defiance)
  • powstanie noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelia noun (armed resistance)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • insurreição noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelião noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelião noun (defiance)
  • revolta noun (armed resistance)

Romanian

2 entries
  • rebeliune noun (armed resistance)
  • răscoală noun (armed resistance)

Russian

4 entries
  • бунт noun (armed resistance)
  • бунт noun (defiance)
  • восста́ние noun (armed resistance)
  • мяте́ж noun (armed resistance)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • राजद्रोह noun (armed resistance)
  • विकृति noun (armed resistance)
  • स्वामिद्रोह noun (armed resistance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • búna noun (armed resistance)
  • búna noun (defiance)
  • pȍbuna noun (armed resistance)
  • pȍbuna noun (defiance)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කැරැල්ල noun (armed resistance)

Slovak

2 entries
  • povstanie noun (armed resistance)
  • vzbura noun (armed resistance)

Slovene

1 entries
  • upor noun (armed resistance)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тӱймеен noun (armed resistance)

Spanish

3 entries
  • insurrección noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelión noun (armed resistance)
  • rebelión noun (defiance)

Swedish

3 entries
  • trots noun (defiance)
  • uppror noun (armed resistance)
  • uppror noun (defiance)

Tajik

4 entries
  • бағоват noun (armed resistance)
  • бағоват noun (defiance)
  • исён noun (armed resistance)
  • ихтилол noun (armed resistance)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கிளர்ச்சி noun (armed resistance)

Tatar

3 entries
  • гыйсъян noun (armed resistance)
  • ихтилал noun (armed resistance)
  • күтәрелеш noun (armed resistance)

Thai

2 entries
  • การกบฏ noun (armed resistance)
  • จลาจล noun (armed resistance)

Turkish

3 entries
  • başkaldırma noun (armed resistance)
  • ihtilal noun (armed resistance)
  • isyan noun (armed resistance)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gozgalaň noun (armed resistance)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎔𐎌𐎓 noun (armed resistance)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бунт noun (armed resistance)
  • бунт noun (defiance)
  • за́колот noun (armed resistance)
  • непоко́ра noun (defiance)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَغاوَت noun (armed resistance)
  • شورِش noun (armed resistance)
  • عِصْیان noun (armed resistance)
  • وِدْروہْ noun (armed resistance)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئىختىلال noun (armed resistance)
  • ئىسيان noun (armed resistance)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • gʻalayon noun (armed resistance)
  • isyon noun (armed resistance)
  • ixtilol noun (armed resistance)
  • qoʻzgʻolon noun (armed resistance)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • khởi nghĩa noun (armed resistance)
  • nổi dậy noun (armed resistance)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwrthryfel noun (armed resistance)

Yakut

1 entries
  • бастаанньа noun (armed resistance)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויפֿשטאַנד noun (armed resistance)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • isyan noun (armed resistance)
  • serehewadış noun (armed resistance)
  • surıs noun (armed resistance)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The ascendancy of monarchs is what keeps their subjects from rebellion.

Source: tatoeba (1915)

The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.

Source: tatoeba (25918)

The troops easily put down the rebellion.

Source: tatoeba (48597)

The troops soon put down the rebellion.

Source: tatoeba (237797)

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