REBELS Synonyms
There are 24 hypernyms of the word rebels. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for REBELS
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agitators | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who agitates; a political troublemaker | ||||||||
dissenters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy | ||||||||
factionists | nounn | |||||||
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insurgents | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) • a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment adjective satellite • in opposition to a civil authority or government | ||||||||
mutineers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) | ||||||||
protesters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy • someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | ||||||||
revolutionaries | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn • relating to or having the nature of a revolution • advocating or engaged in revolution noun • a radical supporter of political or social revolution adjective satellite • markedly new or introducing radical change | ||||||||
revolutionists | nounn | |||||||
noun • a radical supporter of political or social revolution | ||||||||
troublemakers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | ||||||||
insurrectionists | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | ||||||||
arise | verbv | |||||||
verb • come into existence; take on form or shape • originate or come into being • rise to one's feet • result or issue • move upward • take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance • get up and out of bed | ||||||||
defy | verbv | |||||||
verb • resist or confront with resistance • elude, especially in a baffling way • challenge | ||||||||
greyback | nounn | |||||||
noun • `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms • a dowitcher with a grey back • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | ||||||||
insurgent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) • a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment adjective satellite • in opposition to a civil authority or government | ||||||||
insurrectionist | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | ||||||||
johnny | nounn | |||||||
noun • `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms | ||||||||
maverick | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action • an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it adjective satellite • independent in behavior or thought | ||||||||
reb | nounn | |||||||
noun • `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms | ||||||||
renegade | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
rise | verbv | |||||||
noun • a growth in strength or number or importance • the act of changing location in an upward direction • an upward slope or grade (as in a road) • a movement upward; rise above the ground • the amount a salary is increased • the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground • (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost • an increase in cost • increase in price or value verb • move upward • increase in value or to a higher point • rise to one's feet • rise up • come to the surface • come into existence; take on form or shape • move to a better position in life or to a better job • go up or advance • become more extreme • get up and out of bed • rise in rank or status • become heartened or elated • exert oneself to meet a challenge • take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance • increase in volume • come up, of celestial bodies • return from the dead | ||||||||