DEFIERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

defiers

noun

plural of defier

as in resisters

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Noun

Will White, at large, is set to face five challengers in his first election after being appointed to the council in May 2025.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent political trends show that prosecutor elections are becoming more competitive, with more incumbents facing challengers.

— Ronald Wright, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of challengers

Noun

The most recent, Vietnam, was won by the communist rebels, and that country is stable today.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
In December 2024, Syrian rebels streamed into Damascus in a surprise attack that toppled President Bashar al-Assad and put an end to more than 13 bloody years of civil war.

— Emily Feng, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebels

Noun

Like his fellow revolutionaries, Jefferson recoiled from such aspects of empire, past and present.

— Jackson Lears, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 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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