mutineer

noun

mu·​ti·​neer ˌmyü-tə-ˈnir 

: one that mutinies

Synonyms of mutineer

• rebel
• insurgent

Examples of mutineer in a Sentence

the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas

Recent Examples on the Web

While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case. — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024

The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers. — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025

Few among the bureaucratic, business, and even military elites denounced the mutineers, exposing limited support for Putin. — Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025

Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mutineer

• auctioneer
• bandelier
• belvedere
• bombardier
• brigadier
• buccaneer
• cavalier
• chandelier
• chanticleer
• chevalier
• commandeer
• disappear

Kids Definition

mutineer

noun

mu·​ti·​neer ˌmyüt-ᵊn-ˈi(ə)r 

: a person who is guilty of mutiny