Entry Word: rebel

Function: noun

Meaning: a person who rises up against authority <the rebel would not submit peacefully, even after he was captured>

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

Related Words challenger, defier, resister; anarchist; extremist, malcontent, radical

Near Antonyms loyalist, supporter; counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist