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resisters

noun

plural of resister
as in oppositionists

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  1. challengers
  2. rebels
  3. insurgents
  4. revolutionaries
  5. insurrectionists
  6. mutineers
  7. anarchists
Noun
  • Growth, traffic and the future of Folsom’s historic core are among the issues shaping the race for the city’s 1st District City Council seat, where incumbent Mike Kozlowski is facing challengers Chad Vander Veen and Paul Kerfeld.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Such commitments were cast as small fry by some challengers and on Tuesday, Burnham announced fresh details about his policy plans.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of challengers
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  • Today, the challenges facing the continent include a humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, a spate of kidnappings and killings in Nigeria, and conflict between rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
    — Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The charges stemmed from fighting more than a decade ago between the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels who seized power from then-President François Bozizé, and a mainly Christian militia called the anti-Balaka.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • International sanctions persisted, and PF’s ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents continued their liberation war.
    — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Rancho libertarians, like their Scotch-Irish cousins from another mother, are forever skeptical of government, respect insurgents who want to take on the establishment, love their people and subscribe to a bootstraps approach to life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Exiled revolutionaries needed somewhere to go, as did poorer residents who were hoping the revolution would improve conditions.
    — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The new Congress, established on the revolutionaries’ battle cry of no taxation without representation, also needed to pay the bills.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
Noun
  • Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutineers
Noun
  • There are groups of radical environmentalists and anarchists who embrace him, and Luigi Mangione gave the Unabomber Manifesto a four-star review on Goodreads.
    — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Something common to the plans and schemes of crypto-anarchists is a certain Rube Goldberg fussiness.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of anarchists
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“Resisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resisters. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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