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Synonyms for insurgent
ɪnˈsɜr dʒəntin·sur·gent
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
insurgentnoun
Synonyms:
malcontent, rebel, traitor, mutineer, rioterAntonyms:
patriot, adherent, supporter, constabulary, executive, ruler, magistrateinsurgentadjective
Synonyms:
rebellious, unruly
Princeton's WordNet
insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebelnoun
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Synonyms:
freedom fighter, rebel, insurrectionist, guerilla, irregular, greyback, guerrilla, maverickAntonyms:
loyalguerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgentadjective
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Synonyms:
freedom fighter, rebel, insurrectionist, second, guerilla, irregular, guerrillaAntonyms:
loyalinsurgent, seditious, subversiveadjective
in opposition to a civil authority or government
Synonyms:
instigative, seditious, rabble-rousing, inflammatory, incitive, incendiary, subversiveAntonyms:
loyal
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
insurgentadjective
Synonyms:
rebellious, seditious, insubordinate, disobedient, mutinousinsurgentnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
insurgentadjective
Synonyms:
rebellious, mutinous, insubordinate, insurrectionaryinsurgentnoun
Synonyms:
rebel, revolter, mutineer, insurrectionist
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "insurgent":
rebel, rebels, insurgency, rebellious, insurgents, rebellion, renegade, militants, gunmen
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#486 | second | |
#8420 | rebel | |
#12319 | inflammatory | |
#12804 | rebels | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#15471 | rebellion | |
#19072 | maverick | |
#21119 | renegade | |
#21248 | insurgents | |
#21278 | militants | |
#21939 | guerrilla | |
#24863 | insurgency | |
#29305 | guerilla | |
#31444 | gunmen | |
#32443 | traitor | |
#33175 | rebellious | |
#36133 | subversive | |
#36962 | insurgent | |
#39714 | unruly | |
#54134 | incendiary | |
#85868 | malcontent | |
#97338 | seditious | |
#217805 | mutineer |
How to use insurgent in a sentence?
ISIS continues to build support among tribal groups, and attract fighters defecting from other insurgent groups.
I think it's fair to say that they still have a significant presence in Iraq and Syria. They're certainly nowhere near as strong as they were in 2017 and 2018, so they have been significantly degraded, again still maintain the ability to conduct insurgent, guerrilla-style operations and that's what they see today.
We are already seeing smaller cells and pockets that take more of an insurgent guerrilla type approach as opposed to an Islamic army or conventional type force. So we have got to be prepared for that.
In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality.
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.
Translations for insurgent
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- عصاة, مُتَمَرّد, عَاصٍ, ثَائِرArabic
- въста́ник, мете́жникBulgarian
- insurgentCatalan, Valencian
- povstalecCzech
- aufständisch, Insurgent, AufständischerGerman
- αντάρτης, επαναστάτηςGreek
- insurgenteSpanish
- شورشیPersian
- kapinallinenFinnish
- insurgée, insurgéFrench
- מתקומםHebrew
- felkelőHungarian
- ապստամբ, ապստամբածArmenian
- pendurhakaIndonesian
- insortoItalian
- 反逆者, 謀叛, 反逆, 謀叛人Japanese
- მეამბოხე, მეამბოხეთაGeorgian
- កុបករ, អ្នកបះបោរ, ដែលបះបោរKhmer
- 반역자Korean
- rebellisLatin
- opprørsk, opprørerNorwegian
- opstandeling, weerstander, opstandig, rebelDutch
- opprørar, opprørskNorwegian Nynorsk
- rebeliantka, rebeliantPolish
- insurgentePortuguese
- восста́вший, повста́нец, инсурге́нт, разбушева́вшийся, мяте́жный, мяте́жник, бунтовщи́кRussian
- pobunjenik, побуњеникSerbo-Croatian
- กบฎThai
- isyancıTurkish
- повста́нецьUkrainian
- شورش پسندUrdu
- người khởi nghĩaVietnamese
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