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renegades

noun

plural of renegade
as in deserters
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

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Recent Examples of renegades In some ways, there is a strange kind of unity to these three—all are set during the Depression, all feature stylish renegades. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 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 The men who once styled themselves renegades increasingly resembled every other hyper-online young guy—gaming, memeing, trading. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026 But in order to remain a meaningful platform for creative renegades, the festival needs to also take risks. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 But a few renegades creatively defected across the pond, looking instead at America for inspiration. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025 VCs raining money on said brilliant renegades, despite signals that the market wasn’t quite mature enough and money was being lit on fire? — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Fleeing persecution in this little schoolhouse, we were suddenly transformed into renegades, dissidents. — Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegades
  1. deserters
  2. traitors
  3. rebels
  4. insurgents
Noun
  • And within his own country’s history, particularly, Dhont discovered the fates that met would-be deserters who were caught — brutal sentences often leading to death.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • Harry Truman granted amnesty to certain World War II deserters, while Jimmy Carter granted pardons to hundreds of thousands of individuals who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
    — Stewart Ulrich, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of deserters
Noun
  • Each season, The Traitors brings together a group of people for a game of deceit, separating the cast into faithfuls and traitors who must try to figure out who is who.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Traitors is lining up its next group of faithfuls and traitors.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of traitors
Noun
  • Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis' political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen's western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The State Department issued a caution warning to Americans in the Middle East on Saturday night after Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile at an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Hundreds joined the insurgents that day, and their numbers soon swelled into the thousands.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the 9/11 hijackers, for instance, initially went to Afghanistan with the intention to acquire skills and connections before traveling onward to Chechnya to fight alongside Chechen insurgents against Russian security forces.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of insurgents

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“Renegades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegades. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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