Synonyms of insurrectionist

insurrectionist

noun

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority

a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebel
• insurgent
• revolutionary
• insurrectionary
• revolutionist
• revolter
• mutineer
• red
• anarchist
• insubordinate
• challenger
• resistant
• resister
• extremist
• oppositionist
• discontent
• recusant
• defier
• radical
• anarch
• refuser
• malcontent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patriot
• loyalist
• supporter
• counterinsurgent
• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolutionist

Example Sentences

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