The meaning of Rebel

ˈreb.əl

Rebel – definition

noun
A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.
Usage examples:
Tory rebels
Synonims:
Revolutionary Insurgent Revolutionist Mutineer Agitator Subversive Guerrilla Anarchist Terrorist Freedom fighter Resistance fighter Traitor Renegade Zapatista Montonero Insurrectionist Insurr

verb
Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader.
Usage examples:
The earl of pembroke subsequently rebelled against henry iii
Synonims:
Revolt Mutiny Riot Rise up Rise up in arms Take up arms Stage/mount a rebellion Take to the streets Defy the authorities Refuse to obey orders Be insubordinate

noun
A person who refuses to accept the government’s power and uses force to oppose it, or a person who opposes authority and thinks or behaves differently
Usage examples:
The government tried to set up talks with the rebels., though he dressed unusually, he never meant …

noun
A person who is opposed to the political system in their country and tries to change it using force
Usage examples:
The rebels took over the capital and set up a new government., rebel troops/fighters

noun
A person who does not like rules or authority, and shows this by behaving differently from most people in society
Usage examples:
He was a rebel when he was a teenager and dyed his hair pink.

verb
To fight against the government
Usage examples:
The people rebelled against the harsh new government.

verb
To refuse to obey rules or people in authority
Usage examples:
Jacob rebelled against his parents' plans for him and left school at the age of 16., if you are too…

verb
To react against a feeling, action, plan, etc.
Usage examples:
My poor sick stomach rebelled at the idea of any more food.

Rebel translation into English

Rebel: translate from English into Chinese

反叛, 造反, 叛逆, 叛, 反, 谋反, 抵抗, 悖, 逆, 异己, 造反的, 造反者

Rebel: translate from English into Dutch

Rebel, Opstandeling, In opstand komen, Oproerling, Muiter, Muiten, Oproer maken, Muiteling

Rebel: translate from English into French

Rebelle, Rébellion, Se rebeller, Révolté, Se révolter, Dissident, Regimber

Rebel: translate from English into German

Rebell, Rebellieren, Aufrührer, Auflehnen, Rebellisch, Aufbegehren, Revoltieren, Sich auflehnen, Abtrünnig, Meuterer, Sich empören, Putschist, Aufständisch, Sich erheben, Meutern, Putschen, Sich aufbäumen

Rebel: translate from English into Hindi

बागी, विद्रोही, विद्रोह करना, विप्लव करना, राज-द्रोही, राज-द्रोह करना

Rebel: translate from English into Italian

Ribelle, Ribellarsi, Insorto

Rebel: translate from English into Korean

반역자, 반역의, 모반하다, 반감을 나타내다

Rebel: translate from English into Russian

Бунтарь, Бунтовать, Мятежник, Восставать, Повстанец, Мятежный, Бунтовщик, Повстанческий, Протестовать, Возмущаться, Поднимать восстание, Оказывать сопротивление, Противодействовать

Rebel: translate from English into Spanish

Rebelde, Rebelarse, Sublevarse

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French rebelle (noun), rebeller (verb), from Latin rebellis (used originally with reference to a fresh declaration of war by the defeated), based on bellum ‘war’.

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Rebel synonims

agitator

noun
A person who urges others to protest or rebel.
Usage examples:
A political agitator

noun
Someone who tries to make people take part in protests and political activities, especially ones that cause trouble
Usage examples:
It is thought that the strike was the work of undercover political agitators.

All meanings and translations of Agitator

anarchist

noun
A person who advocates or promotes anarchism or anarchy.
Usage examples:
They were made up of socialists, republicans, anarchists, revolutionary syndicalists and catholics.

adjective
A person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.

noun
A person who believes in anarchism
Usage examples:
He was a poet, an anarchist, and a vegan., an anarchist group/slogan/bookshop, anarchist tendencies…

All meanings and translations of Anarchist

guerrilla

noun
A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.
Usage examples:
This town fell to the guerrillas

noun
A member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces
Usage examples:
Guerrilla warfare

All meanings and translations of Guerrilla

insurgent

ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt

noun
A person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.
Usage examples:
An attack by armed insurgents

adjective
Rising in active revolt.
Usage examples:
Alleged links with insurgent groups

All meanings and translations of Insurgent

mutineer

ˌmjuː.tɪˈnɪər

noun
A person, especially a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.
Usage examples:
Those who resisted were denounced as mutineers and treated accordingly

noun
Someone who takes part in a mutiny

All meanings and translations of Mutineer

mutiny

noun
An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.
Usage examples:
A mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war

verb
Refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority.
Usage examples:
Thousands of the soldiers mutinied over the non-payment of wages

noun
Refusal to obey orders, or a violent attempt to take control from people in authority, esp. in the military or on a ship
Usage examples:
[ u ] walker’s superiors charged him with mutiny., mutinous troops failed to overthrow the governme…

All meanings and translations of Mutiny

renegade

noun
A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.
Usage examples:
An agent who later turns out to be a renegade

adjective
Having treacherously changed allegiance.
Usage examples:
A renegade bodyguard

verb
Become a renegade.
Usage examples:
Johnson had renegaded from the confederacy

All meanings and translations of Renegade

revolt

verb
Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.
Usage examples:
The iceni revolted and had to be suppressed

noun
An attempt to end the authority of a person or body by rebelling.
Usage examples:
A country-wide revolt against the government

verb
To take violent action against authority, or to refuse to be controlled or ruled
Usage examples:
Californians may be ready to revolt against broad cuts in government services., i was revolted by h…

All meanings and translations of Revolt

revolutionary

adjective
Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.
Usage examples:
A revolutionary new drug

noun
A person who advocates or engages in political revolution.
Usage examples:
They would act like any revolutionary vanguard, as lenin or indeed the french revolutionaries had i…

All meanings and translations of Revolutionary

revolutionist

ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i

adjective
Relating to a complete change in a system of government, or bringing or causing great change
Usage examples:
A revolutionary leader/program/idea, computers have brought revolutionary changes to publishing.

adjective
A revolutionary product, process, or idea is new and exciting and not like anything that has existed or been done before
Usage examples:
This is a revolutionary device that will leapfrog current technology., a revolutionary approach/idea

All meanings and translations of Revolutionist

subversive

səbˈvɜː.sɪv

adjective
Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
Usage examples:
Subversive literature

noun
A subversive person.
Usage examples:
They and their companions were identified as subversives

adjective
Tending to weaken or destroy an established political system, organization, or authority
Usage examples:
The fbi had the duty of obtaining evidence of subversive activity., the book describes the techniqu…

All meanings and translations of Subversive

terrorist

noun
A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Usage examples:
Four commercial aircraft were hijacked by terrorists

adjective
Unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Usage examples:
A terrorist organization

noun
Someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes
Usage examples:
Several terrorists have been killed by their own bombs., there has been an increase in terrorist at…

All meanings and translations of Terrorist

traitor

noun
A person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle.
Usage examples:
He was a traitor to his own class

All meanings and translations of Traitor

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