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

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That history includes colonial-era rebellions, using drones to monitor land invasions for legal ecological complaints, and protests against new or proposed laws.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Many employers double down on rigid return-to-office rules, surveillance and gimmicks, even as workers fight back with coffee badging, ghost bookings and other quiet rebellions.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of rebellions

Noun

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
The representatives to the convention, which also included prominent figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, considered the federal government’s ability to deal with uprisings and fiscal policy to be particularly important.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026