anti-revolutionary

adjective

an·​ti-rev·​o·​lu·​tion·​ary ˌan-tē-ˌre-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē  ˌan-tī- 

: opposing or hostile to revolution

Between 1794 and 1799, his army defeated an invasion of tens of thousands of anti-revolutionary British Redcoats.

—Edward E. Baptist

Examples of anti-revolutionary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These anti-revolutionary forces also borrowed heavily from the revolutionary playbook. — Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011

Within Iran, the Guard eliminated those perceived as being anti-revolutionary and helped export its ideology across the Middle East. — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-revolutionary

• counterrevolutionary
• accessary
• adversary
• ancillary
• apiary
• arbitrary
• aviary
• axillary
• bacillary
• beriberi
• bestiary
• breviary