Synonyms of insurgents

insurgents

noun

plural of insurgent

as in rebels

a person who rises up against authority

the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebels
• revolutionaries
• revolters
• insurrectionists
• mutineers
• revolutionists
• insurrectionaries
• reds
• challengers
• anarchists
• oppositionists
• resisters
• extremists
• resistants
• radicals
• discontents
• recusants
• refusers
• insubordinates
• defiers
• anarchs
• malcontents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• supporters
• patriots
• loyalists
• counterrevolutionaries
• counterinsurgents
• counterrevolutionists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insurgents

Israel, meanwhile, has remained suspicious of the new authorities in Damascus, led by former Islamist insurgents. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026

In both races, the two incumbents faced insurgents who ran under the democratic socialist banner with campaigns that emphasized universal health care, cost-of-living concerns and opposition to Israel. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Continue reading … DEM CIVIL WAR — Left-wing insurgents battle moderates Tuesday in races that could flip the House. — FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan — initially their most important partner — are tense, as Islamabad accuses Kabul of supporting Pakistani insurgents. — Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

Assad and his brother Maher fled to Russia after insurgents marched into Damascus in December 2014. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Tuesday’s primaries refused to settle into one of the storylines written in the weeks after Colorado’s primaries, where insurgents in both parties wildly overperformed. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

One of the insurgents, a doctoral student in sociology named Darializa Avila Chevalier, is far more emblematic of the DSA’s radicalism. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

So far though, the prediction market insurgents have not meaningfully cut into sportsbook profits. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 July 2026