| 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: | factious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conflicting, warring |
Synonyms: |
alienated, belligerent, contending, contentious, contumacious, disaffected, disputatious, dissident, divisive, estranged, fighting, hostile, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, litigious, malcontent, mutinous, partisan, quarrelsome, rebellious, refractory, rival, sectarian, seditious, troublemaking, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent |
| Notes: | factious means addicted to forming parties and raise dissensions in opposition to government or the common good, while fractious means tending to cause trouble or unruly or irritable |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, cooperating, cooperative, peaceful, united |
| Main Entry: | insurgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
anarchical, contumacious, disobedient, factious, insubordinate, insurrectionary, mutinous, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious |
Antonyms: |
obedient, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | mutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
anarchistic, contumacious, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, subversive, traitorous, treasonable, ungovernable, unmanageable |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating by extremes |
Synonyms: |
advanced, anarchistic, complete, entire, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out, freethinking, iconoclastic, immoderate, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, intransigent, lawless, leftist, militant, mutinous, nihilistic, progressive, rabid, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, severe, sweeping, thorough, ultra, ultraist, uncompromising, violent, way out |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not obeying |
Synonyms: |
insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary |
Antonyms: |
complaisant, compliant, obedient |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | rebellious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, unmanageable |
Synonyms: |
alienated, anarchistic, attacking, bellicose, contumacious, defiant, difficult, disaffected, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, fractious, iconoclastic, incorrigible, individualistic, insurgent, insurrectionary, intractable, mutinous, obstinate, pugnacious, quarrelsome, radical, rebel, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, restless, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, sabotaging, seditious, threatening, treasonable, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, warring |
Antonyms: |
compliant, governable, manageable, obedient |
| Main Entry: | riotous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaotic, wild |
Synonyms: |
anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, helter-skelter, insurrectionary, lawless, mutinous, out of control, rampageous, rebellious, rowdy, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled, unruly, violent |
| Main Entry: | seditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
anarchistic, bellicose, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, radical, rebel, resistant, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, treasonable, warring |