| Main Entry: | guerrilla |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bushfighter |
Synonyms: |
commando, freedom fighter, irregular, mercenary, professional soldier, resistance fighter, soldier of fortune, terrorist, underground fighter |
| Notes: | guerrilla is from a Spanish diminutive of guerra 'war' and refers to a soldier of an independent armed resistance force; gorilla is the ape |
| Main Entry: | assassin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer of prominent or important person |
Synonyms: |
butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla, gun person, gun*, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, soldier, torpedo, trigger person |
Antonyms: |
victim |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
Synonyms: |
adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
Antonyms: |
aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | firebrand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitator |
Synonyms: |
demonstrator, guerrilla, instigator, malcontent, protester, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionist, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Main Entry: | soldier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person serving in military |
Synonyms: |
GI, Green Beret, airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior |
| Main Entry: | terrorist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subversive |
Synonyms: |
bomber, guerrilla, incendiary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, thug |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | revolutionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |