Synonyms for rebel
ˈrɛb əl; rɪˈbɛlrebel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. rebelnoun

   Synonyms:
   revolter, insurgent, traitor

   Antonyms:
   supporter, adherent

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1. Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greybacknoun

   `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

   Synonyms:
   maverick, greyback, insurrectionist, knot, grayback, freedom fighter, insurgent

2. 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, insurrectionist, guerilla, irregular, greyback, insurgent, guerrilla, maverick

3. maverick, rebelverb

   someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

   Synonyms:
   maverick, greyback, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, insurgent

4. rebel, arise, rise, rise upverb

   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

   Synonyms:
   rise, prove, grow, get up, spring up, lift, climb, develop, surface, bob up, arise, resurrect, go up, come up, rear, mount, heighten, move up, originate, climb up, ascend, wax, stand up, uprise, rise up, jump, turn out, renegade

5. rebel, renegadeverb

   break with established customs

   Synonyms:
   arise, rise up, renegade, rise

Matched Categories

1. • Confederate Soldier
   • Dissent

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1. peter pan

   rebel

   rebewl

   Submitted by wecansavetheworldtogether123 on January 23, 2020  

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1. rebelnoun

   Synonyms:
   insurgent, traitor, revolter

2. rebelverb

   Synonyms:
   revolt, resist lawful authority, take up arms against the government

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1. rebelnoun

   Synonyms:
   insurgent, revolter, turncoat

2. rebelverb

   Synonyms:
   revolt, mutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "rebel":

   rebels, rebellious, insurgent, rebellion, insurgency, insurgents, renegade, insurrectional, mutiny, guerrilla, revolt, rebelling, mutinous, insurgence, reb

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1. Eduard Basurin:

   Eighty percent of Debaltseve is already ours, a cleanup of the town is under way.Kiev's military denied the town, which had a peacetime population of 25,000 but is now a bombed-out wasteland, had fallen but acknowledged losing control of some of it. Some Ukrainian soldiers had been captured, it said, but denied rebel reports that up to 300 had surrendered or been taken prisoner. Kiev and NATO say the rebel military operation to take Debaltseve is being carried out with the assistance of tanks, artillery and soldiers from Russia's army. Moscow denies that it has sent its forces to participate in battle for territory that President Vladimir Putin has referred to as.

2. Clarissa Ward:

   Secondly, the people living in rebel territory don't trust the Assad regime and see this cessation of hostilities as a trick designed so that the regime can take more territory.

3. Aleister Crowley:

   The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become "one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions": a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ---Greatness.

4. Yorgos Lanthimos:

   We really just want to ask the questions and make people consider how we organize our ways of life and, you know, if all the rules that we follow make sense, should we rebel against some, should we make new ones, all these kinds of questions.

5. Ezdeen Salih:

   They beat the men with sticks and burned our homes, they told us to never come back, saying that the area had become an Arab area and that we are supporting rebel movements. We fled with our children.