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| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
| Synonyms: | defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising, apostasy, insurgence, insurgency |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | anarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawlessness; absence of government |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, nihilism, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest, misrule, mob rule, nongovernment |
| Antonyms: | order, rule, lawfulness |
| Main Entry: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo*, bedlam, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurrection, lather*, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl, big scene, big stink, discomposure, hell broke loose, insurgence |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, peace, quiet, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coup d'état |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent seizure |
| Synonyms: | coup, overthrow, power play*, rebellion, revolt, revolution, palace revolution, putsch, takeover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | alienation, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, lack, parting, rebellion, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, withdrawal, apostasy, backsliding, disownment, forsaking, recreancy, severance, sundering, tergiversation |
| Antonyms: | joining |
| Main Entry: | defiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience, disregard |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk*, big talk*, boldness, bravado, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, dare, defy, effrontery, gas*, guts*, hot air*, impudence, insolence, insubordination, lip*, muster*, opposition, order, provocation, rebellion, revolt, sass*, spite, stump, summons, temerity, brazenness, contrariness, contumacy, enjoinder, factiousness, impugnment, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, perversity, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior; noncompliance with rules |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, infraction, infringement, insubordination, mutiny, neglect, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, violation, indiscipline, insubmission, insurgence, intractableness, nonobservance, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness, unruliness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience, observance, submission |
| Main Entry: | insubordination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, indiscipline, noncooperation, nonobservance |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley, ebullition, rending, sundering |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising |
| Synonyms: | defection, displeasure, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition, insurgency |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | unrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of agitation; disturbance |
| Synonyms: | altercation, anarchy, annoyance, anxiety, bother, chagrin, change, confusion, contention, controversy, crisis, debate, disaffection, discontent, discord, disease, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dissension, distress, dither*, ennui, grief, insurrection, irritation, malaise, mortification, perturbation, protest, quarrel, rebellion, restlessness, sedition, sorrow, strife, tension, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, uproar, upset, vexation, worry, bickering, moodiness, perplexity, tizzy, unease |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uprising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance |
| Synonyms: | insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, upheaval, insurgence |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, submission |
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror*, revolution, riot, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar, anarchism, discombobulation, misrule, mob rule, rioting, terrorism, tizzy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict, strife |
| Synonyms: | disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, division, friction, rebellion, sedition, tumult, turbulence, disunity, divisiveness, infighting, quarrelsomeness |
| Antonyms: | agreement, conformity, peace, unity |
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