Synonyms of renegade

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noun

ˈre-ni-ˌgād 

as in deserter

a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right

a band of renegades who had deserted their infantry units and were making their way to Mexico

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserter
• traitor
• rebel
• insurgent
• defector
• revolutionary
• apostate
• turncoat
• recreant
• quisling
• mutineer
• betrayer
• insurrectionist
• turnabout
• traitress
• defier
• dropout
• insurrectionary
• abandoner
• revolutionist
• discontent
• red
• double-crosser
• leaver
• revolter
• refusenik
• recusant
• revolutionizer
• malcontent
• come-outer
• refuser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disciple
• supporter
• loyalist
• follower
• adherent
• partisan
• militant
• fanatic
• zealot

renegade

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adjective

as in apostate

Related Words

• apostate
• nontraditional
• defecting
• separatist
• sectarian
• dissident
• free-spirited
• freethinking
• schismatic
• maverick
• out-there
• iconoclastic
• heretical
• nonconformist
• dissenting
• heterodox
• unconventional
• unorthodox
• dissentient
• nonorthodox

Dissimilar Words

• conventional
• orthodox
• conformist
• conforming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of renegade

Noun

The announcement came as Taiwanese authorities said 21 Chinese aircraft, including fighter jets and surveillance planes, were operating near Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 21 June 2026

People didn’t come to the series with a working knowledge of the State Department, ready to see what the renegades were like. — Debora Cahn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Adjective

Although Duchamp’s first readymades date back to 1914, three years passed before his renegade inclinations went public. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

Then there’s Schiaparelli’s approach to work, which was renegade, and highly collaborative. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026