Synonyms of rebel

rebel 1 of 3

adjective

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

today's rebel chefs feel free to ignore the dictates of classic French cuisine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebellious
• defiant
• stubborn
• willful
• disobedient
• dissident
• insubordinate
• contrary
• insurgent
• wayward
• recalcitrant
• naughty
• contumacious
• mischievous
• unruly
• restive
• refractory
• dogged
• rigid
• adamant
• obstreperous
• recusant
• ungovernable
• intractable
• balky
• wild
• wilful
• mutinous
• froward
• resistant
• incompliant
• uncontrollable
• bad
• monkeying
• untoward
• rude
• obstinate
• uncooperative
• headstrong
• peevish
• nonconformist
• noncooperative
• opinionated
• hardheaded
• uncompromising
• mulish
• pigheaded
• implacable
• negativistic
• unbending
• obdurate
• unrelenting
• pertinacious
• undisciplined
• misbehaving
• fractious
• unmanageable
• immovable
• unyielding
• disorderly
• errant
• self-willed
• adamantine
• impudent
• inflexible
• insolent
• disrespectful
• wrongheaded
• ornery
• perverse
• uncouth
• discourteous
• monkeyish
• ungracious
• uncivil
• impertinent
• inconsiderate
• impolite
• unmannerly
• ill-mannered
• ill-natured
• ill-bred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obedient
• submissive
• cooperative
• docile
• compliant
• acquiescent
• conformable
• amenable
• amiable
• tractable
• agreeable
• biddable
• disciplined
• deferential
• obliging
• behaved
• yielding
• polite
• slavish
• respectful
• subservient
• courteous
• servile
• proper
• ruly
• obsequious
• orderly
• decorous
• well-bred
• controllable
• governable
• kowtowing
• mannerly
• trainable
• manageable

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• obedient
• submissive
• cooperative
• docile
• compliant
• acquiescent
• conformable
• amenable
• amiable
• tractable
• agreeable
• biddable
• disciplined
• deferential
• obliging
• behaved
• yielding
• polite
• slavish
• respectful
• subservient
• courteous
• servile
• proper
• ruly
• obsequious
• orderly
• decorous
• well-bred
• controllable
• governable
• kowtowing
• mannerly
• trainable
• manageable

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rebel

2 of 3

noun

as in insurgent

a person who rises up against authority

the rebel would not submit peacefully, even after he was captured

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

rebel

3 of 3

verb

as in to revolt

to rise up against established authority

the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolt
• mutiny
• resist
• fight
• disobey
• mock
• kick over the traces
• contest
• defy
• combat
• oppose
• revolutionize
• withstand
• buck

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follow
• obey
• submit
• serve
• comply (with)
• attend
• mind

• follow
• obey
• submit
• serve
• comply (with)
• attend
• mind

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Phrases Containing rebel

• rebel (against)

• rebel (against)