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 In short, this list reminded me that our radicals and renegades are the best thing about this great nation. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 July 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

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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

Those who opposed the coup, like Tom Keith's grandfather, are still often thought of as traitors, just as his distant relatives are.

— Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of traitors

Noun

Oil prices are rising after the United States conducted an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets and Houthi rebels in Yemen threatened to disrupt a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Strait of Hormuz remains key A new pressure point could emerge for world energy markets as Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced on Monday a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of rebels

Noun

One of the insurgents, a doctoral student in sociology named Darializa Avila Chevalier, is far more emblematic of the DSA’s radicalism.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
So far though, the prediction market insurgents have not meaningfully cut into sportsbook profits.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 July 2026

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