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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How to use rebel in a sentence?

1. Quentin Crisp:

   The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

2. Jakaya Kikwete:

   There are people who pretend to read Tanzania's mind, they claim that Tanzania has no intention of taking on rebel groups in the DRC. These are bizarre people because Tanzania, like South Africa and Malawi, has troops in the DRC with a firm United Nations mandate.

3. Claudia Bivins:

   As I laid the rebel flag down across Vernon's grave, I told my grandson what it represents -- our hope that racism and hatred would die, that it would be killed at the root of our hearts, minds and souls.

4. 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.

5. Rami Abdelrahman:

   More than 150 people were wounded. This is one of the highest death tolls caused by rebel shelling on regime areas in the city.