INSURRECTIONIST Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

insurrectionist

noun

Definition of insurrectionist

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol

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Recent Examples of insurrectionist Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026 The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution. — Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026 Stephen Miller is now calling Minnesota protesters insurrectionists, while the January 6th mobs were considered peaceful protesters and tourists. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 The President and his advisers have called those opposing them in Minnesota radical lunatics, domestic terrorists, and outright insurrectionists. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026 The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different. — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025

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Noun

In her 1974 novel The Hearing Trumpet, a nonagenarian vegetarian heroine named Marian rebels against patriarchal institutions.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Al-Sharaa ousted President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 in an offensive led by HTS rebels.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebel

Noun

The insecurity landscape is also more chaotic because some groups, after initially being invited to help defend against insurgents, turned into terrorists, said Dengiyefa Angalapu, an analyst at the Center for Democracy and Development in Abuja.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The intervention underscores Russia’s new role as protector of military regimes across the Sahel, where Africa Corps has replaced Wagner and prioritizes keeping juntas in power over battling insurgent groups.

— Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of insurgent

Noun

Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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