MUTINIES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of mutiny

as in revolts

open fighting against authority (as one's own government) a mutiny led by the ship's cook

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mutinies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mutiny

as in rebels

to rise up against established authority the party's conservative faction mutinied just before the election

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Recent Examples of mutinies

Noun

That mobility occasionally allowed for communication and coordination during mutinies. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026 This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions. — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutinies

Noun

Donor revolts—growing widespread skepticism toward higher education.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The Chumash rebelled in 1824, the latest in a chain of Native Californian revolts against the friars.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of revolts

Verb

Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Set against the backdrop of the 1998 São Paulo World Cup between Brazil and France, Amarela follows 14-year-old Erika Oguihara (Melissa Uehara), a Japanese Brazilian sports fanatic who rebels against her family’s more Japanese cultural traditions.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of rebels

Noun

The second book, Shift, consists of alternating flashback sequences, telling both the origin story of the silos and tales from past rebellions.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
In several instances these rituals were utilized during slave rebellions; the New York slave rebellion of 1712 reportedly began with a pact sealed in blood and powder, a practice with African religious parallels.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebellions

Noun

For a brief moment during the 2010–11 Arab uprisings, the drive for change seemed unstoppable, but otherwise the arrangement worked.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Set against a backdrop of turbulent transition as the Middle Ages move into modernity, the film follows the three men on their long and arduous journey, across a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings, to Versailles.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 28 July 2026