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

Here the three were, as what some would call a band of outsiders, telling a story about these insurgents to the distinguished Fleet Street, where the most esteemed newspapers like The Daily Mirror were published. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026

But establishments don’t fade away so easily — and insurgents don’t automatically shun them. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Polling averages put Democratic insurgents narrowly ahead or virtually tied with GOP rivals in all the states. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Will the Democrats have to contend with left-wing insurgents like Republicans did the Tea Party? — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

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