MUTINY Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word mutiny. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MUTINY
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defiance | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||||
disobedience | nounn | |||||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||||
insurgency | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | ||||||||
insurrection | nounn | |||||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||||
rebellion | nounn | |||||||
noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||||
resistance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
revolt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another verb • make revolution • fill with distaste • cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | ||||||||
revolution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving • the overthrow of a government by those who are governed • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||||||||
riot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a public act of violence by an unruly mob • a state of disorder involving group violence • a joke that seems extremely funny • a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity verb • take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot • engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | ||||||||
sedition | nounn | |||||||
noun • an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government | ||||||||
uprising | nounn | |||||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another |