Synonyms of mutineers

mutineers

noun

plural of mutineer

as in rebels

a person who rises up against authority

the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebels
• insurgents
• revolutionaries
• revolters
• insurrectionists
• revolutionists
• reds
• oppositionists
• challengers
• resisters
• anarchists
• recusants
• insurrectionaries
• radicals
• discontents
• extremists
• resistants
• defiers
• refusers
• anarchs
• insubordinates
• malcontents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• supporters
• loyalists
• patriots
• counterrevolutionaries
• counterinsurgents
• counterrevolutionists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mutineers

Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in. — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Pitcairn Island Pitcairn is British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific that was famously born from the last refuge of the Bounty mutineers, who arrived in 1789 with a small company of Tahitians. — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026

Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

The latter is exactly why the Bounty mutineers and a handful of Tahitians in their party chose to settle here in 1790; so they couldn't be easily invaded by the British Navy. — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023