rebel

rebel

noun

Definition of REBEL

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

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

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