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

Khalilzad on Friday wrote on X that there had been reports of Pakistan arming Afghans to fight the Taliban inside Afghanistan and of the Pakistani military recruiting Afghans to fight anti-Pakistan insurgents. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Gavroche and the insurgents of 1832—the wretched who became rioters—were ready to die defending a particular vision of the republic against the July Monarchy and the usurper Louis-Philippe. — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Ethiopia also accuses Eritrea of supporting insurgents and occupying Ethiopian territory, allegations the AP could not independently verify. — Khaled Kazziha, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Rwanda has acknowledged defensive “security coordinationâ€� with the M23 insurgents, who have held large swaths of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo for more than a year. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

How many insurgents were inspired to attack our troops by photos from Abu Ghraib prison? — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2026

They’re seen as oligarchs, as the people with wealth and power, controlling our lives—not as outsider insurgents. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

International sanctions persisted, and PF’s ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents continued their liberation war. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Rancho libertarians, like their Scotch-Irish cousins from another mother, are forever skeptical of government, respect insurgents who want to take on the establishment, love their people and subscribe to a bootstraps approach to life. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026