| Main Entry: |
renegade |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
person who is rebellious |
Synonyms: |
abandoner,
apostate, backslider, betrayer, defector, deserter,
dissident, double-crosser, escapee,
exile, forsaker, fugitive,
heretic,
iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer,
outlaw,
rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, schismatic, snake in the grass,
snake*, tergiversator,
traitor, turnabout, turncoat
|
Antonyms: |
adherent, follower, passivist
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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