Synonyms for insurgent
ɪnˈsɜr dʒəntin·sur·gent

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1. insurgentnoun

   Synonyms:
   malcontent, rebel, traitor, mutineer, rioter

   Antonyms:
   patriot, adherent, supporter, constabulary, executive, ruler, magistrate

2. insurgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   rebellious, unruly

   Antonyms:
   loyal, patriotic, obedient

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1. 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, maverick

   Antonyms:
   loyal

2. guerrilla, 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, guerrilla

   Antonyms:
   loyal

3. insurgent, seditious, subversiveadjective

   in opposition to a civil authority or government

   Synonyms:
   instigative, seditious, rabble-rousing, inflammatory, incitive, incendiary, subversive

   Antonyms:
   loyal

Matched Categories

1. • Reformer
   • Revolutionary

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1. insurgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   rebellious, seditious, insubordinate, disobedient, mutinous

2. insurgentnoun

   Synonyms:
   rebel, traitor, revolter, renegade

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1. insurgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   rebellious, mutinous, insubordinate, insurrectionary

2. insurgentnoun

   Synonyms:
   rebel, revolter, mutineer, insurrectionist

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1. List of paraphrases for "insurgent":

   rebel, rebels, insurgency, rebellious, insurgents, rebellion, renegade, militants, gunmen

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How to use insurgent in a sentence?

1. Faysal Itani:

   ISIS continues to build support among tribal groups, and attract fighters defecting from other insurgent groups.

2. Joseph Dunford:

   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.

3. Ryan Dillon:

   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.

4. Mariane Pearl:

   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.

5. George Steiner:

   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.