seditious

adjective

se·​di·​tious si-ˈdi-shəs 

1

: disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition

2

: of, relating to, or tending toward sedition

seditiously adverb

seditiousness noun

Synonyms of seditious

• inflammatory
• provocative
• incendiary

Examples of seditious in a Sentence

several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious

Recent Examples on the Web

Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

The ruling covers four Proud Boys whose sentences Trump commuted, while a separate bid to overturn Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions have yet to be decided. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Lai, the founder of Hong Kong’s now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted on charges including conspiring with foreign forces and publishing seditious material. — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Hong Kong police arrested two people in June on suspicion of selling seditious publications and receiving funds from foreign political organizations, acting under a recent national security law. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for seditious

• adventitious
• cementitious
• expeditious
• inauspicious
• injudicious
• meretricious
• repetitious
• superstitious
• surreptitious
• unambitious
• unpropitious
• unsuspicious

Kids Definition

seditious

adjective

se·​di·​tious si-ˈdish-əs 

: of, relating to, or causing sedition

seditious statements