RENEGADES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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 Otago is often referred to as one of New Zealand's youngest wine regions, given that, as recently as the mid-1990s, there were only a handful of vineyards run by renegades experimenting to find out which grapes thrived in the climate. —

David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2024

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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
More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025