DEFIERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

defiers

noun

plural of defier

as in resisters

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Noun

The Peronists won roughly a third of the vote in last year’s midterms and remain Milei’s likeliest challengers in a presidential runoff next year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Matthew Riggle returning as champion to face two new challengers.

— USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of challengers

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Today, the challenges facing the continent include a humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, a spate of kidnappings and killings in Nigeria, and conflict between rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

— Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
The charges stemmed from fighting more than a decade ago between the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels who seized power from then-President François Bozizé, and a mainly Christian militia called the anti-Balaka.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebels

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The latest operation came just over a week after Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti ruled out negotiations with insurgents and said security operations would continue until militancy was eliminated from the province.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Hundreds joined the insurgents that day, and their numbers soon swelled into the thousands.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of insurgents

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Exiled revolutionaries needed somewhere to go, as did poorer residents who were hoping the revolution would improve conditions.

— Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The new Congress, established on the revolutionaries’ battle cry of no taxation without representation, also needed to pay the bills.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolutionaries

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Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in.

— Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of mutineers

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