Synonyms of uprisings

uprisings

noun

plural of uprising

as in revolts

open fighting against authority (as one's own government)

the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolts
• rebellions
• insurrections
• mutinies
• insurgencies
• revolutions
• outbreaks
• risings
• coups
• insurgences
• overthrows
• treacheries
• misprisions
• seditions
• coups d'état
• treasons
• subversions
• sabotages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• counterrevolutions
• counterinsurgencies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uprisings

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

The representatives to the convention, which also included prominent figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, considered the federal government’s ability to deal with uprisings and fiscal policy to be particularly important. — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 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

Secessionist uprisings in the provinces like Tatarstan or Bashkortistan or Chechnya. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

In the late sixteenth century, the Spanish Hapsburgs, the Catholic dynasty that ruled the Netherlands, sent in an army to crush a series of Calvinist uprisings. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

While Spielberg thinks such an event would bring the world together, Koepp believes there could be mass uprisings against scientists, government officials or even religious leaders who kept this information hidden. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2026

Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of NCRI-US, told Fox News Digital that the organization first became focused on stadium surveillance while tracking how Iranian authorities identified protesters during recent uprisings. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026