as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas
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Recent Examples of mutineer
He’s been with them since the beginning, proving himself as a loyal friend and a valuable mutineer.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutineer
Noun
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The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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Directed by the iconic Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another stars DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson, a vigilante and former rebel who is on the run from Penn's Officer Steven Lockjaw.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Farage, the forever insurgent, has always been able to avoid the choices that come with power.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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The film was released to relatively little publicity by Angel Studios, the insurgent independent production house behind surprise, Christian box office hits like Sound of Freedom and The Chosen.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutineer. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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