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rebellion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rebellion

1 open fighting against authority (as one's own government)

the rebellion would have failed if not for the aid sent by other countries

Synonyms of rebellion

insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, revolution, rising, uprising

Words Related to rebellion

coup, coup d'état (or coup d'etat), overthrow

misprision, sedition, treachery, treason

sabotage, subversion

Near Antonyms of rebellion

counterinsurgency, counterrevolution

2 refusal to obey

the period of rebellion that teenagers typically go through

Synonyms of rebellion

balkiness, contrariness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, frowardness, insubordination, intractability, obstreperousness, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, unruliness, waywardness, willfulness

Words Related to rebellion

civil disobedience, noncooperation

discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness

doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, obstinateness, peevishness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perversity, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity

knavery, mischievousness, naughtiness

Near Antonyms of rebellion

agreeability, amenability, amiability

slavishness, submissiveness, subservience, subserviency

deference, docility, dutifulness

Antonyms of rebellion

compliance, obedience, submission, subordinateness, subordination, tractability, tractableness

Synonym Discussion of rebellion

rebellion, revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny mean an outbreak against authority. rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful.

- open rebellion against the officers

revolution applies to a successful rebellion resulting in a major change (as in government).

- a political revolution that toppled the monarchy

uprising implies a brief, limited, and often immediately ineffective rebellion.

- quickly put down the uprising

revolt and insurrection imply an armed uprising that quickly fails or succeeds.

- a revolt by the Young Turks that surprised party leaders
- an insurrection of oppressed laborers

mutiny applies to group insubordination or insurrection especially against naval authority.

- a mutiny led by the ship's cook

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