REVOLUTIONS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

revolutions

noun

plural of revolution

as in rotations

a rapid turning about on an axis or central point revved the engine to 3000 revolutions per minute

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open fighting against authority (as one's own government) the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army

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Recent Examples of revolutions From the viewpoint of the bourgeoisie, both Jews and the aristocracy advocated revolutions and radical change, and thus both attacked the status quo. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 The revolutions created by Nazi and Stalinist ideology, and enforced by terror, aimed to change reality itself. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Technological revolutions don't necessarily displace previous practices. — Denis Sinelnikov, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 By the 1960s, both Holman and Clift were too deeply scarred to benefit from the decade’s social revolutions. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 23 July 2026 Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026 Since the founders put their names to the Declaration of Independence, there have been revolutions in science, technology, medicine, art and literature. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 As the world obsesses over AI, pumping endless time and money into the next revolution, the obsessions and revolutions of the past are still there lingering — and some might finally be ready to flower away from the spotlight. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 July 2026 His unpopular reign was marked by disastrous wars, food shortages, unemployment, uprisings, and, ultimately, revolutions—two, to be precise. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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The Valkyries offense took a while to get going, but the rotations were playoff-esque from the start.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
But even though her voice has been in R&B rotations for close to a decade, last year changed the conversation.

— Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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For a brief moment during the 2010–11 Arab uprisings, the drive for change seemed unstoppable, but otherwise the arrangement worked.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Set against a backdrop of turbulent transition as the Middle Ages move into modernity, the film follows the three men on their long and arduous journey, across a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings, to Versailles.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 28 July 2026

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Amsterdam is crowded, and cars, trams, bikers, and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence … lost in the white noise of breezing through this dreamy city on two wheels.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
In the library/innovation center, the furniture like whiteboard tables, benches, booths, ottomans and shelves are on wheels, easily moved to change the layout and open up the space for events, assemblies or performances.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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The second book, Shift, consists of alternating flashback sequences, telling both the origin story of the silos and tales from past rebellions.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
In several instances these rituals were utilized during slave rebellions; the New York slave rebellion of 1712 reportedly began with a pact sealed in blood and powder, a practice with African religious parallels.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebellions

Noun

That mobility occasionally allowed for communication and coordination during mutinies.

— Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions.

— John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025

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