rebel

²rebel

noun

Definition of REBEL

: one who rebels or participates in a rebellion

Examples of REBEL

1. The government captured six armed rebels.
2. He was a rebel against the school administration.
3. He is a typical teenage rebel.

First Known Use of REBEL

14th century

Related to REBEL

Synonyms: insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist

Related Words: challenger, defier, insubordinate, oppositionist, recusant, refuser, resistant, resister; anarch, anarchist; discontent, extremist, malcontent, radical

Near Antonyms: loyalist, patriot, supporter; counterinsurgent, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist

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Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with REBEL

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