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| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, traitor, turncoat, disectarian, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter |
| 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: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to obey |
| Synonyms: | boycott, break with*, censure, combat, criticize, defy, denounce, disobey, dissent, drop out*, fight, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, remonstrate, renounce, resist, revolt, riot, rock the boat*, secede, strike, upset, be insubordinate, come out against, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, rise up, run amok, take up arms, turn against |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misbehave |
| Synonyms: | act out, carry on, raise hell, rebel, sow one's wild oats |
| Main Entry: | agitator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who disturbs, causes trouble |
| Synonyms: | advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, dissident, fighter, firebrand*, heretic, incendiary, instigator, malcontent, partisan, propagandist, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, revolutionary, ringleader, troublemaker, zealot, adjy, disrupter, dogmatist, fomenter, inciter, leftist, mover, provocateur, pusher, reformer, revisionist, sparkplug, wave maker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anarchist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who opposes the idea of government and laws |
| Synonyms: | agitator, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, rebel, revolutionary, terrorist, insurrectionist, revolter |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitating person |
| Synonyms: | agitator, fanatic, firebrand*, incendiary, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser*, radical, rebel, revolutionary, troublemaker, fomenter, haranger, hothead, inciter, inflamer, soapbox orator |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, ignore, infringe, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, object, overstep, rebel, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, run riot*, shirk, strike, transgress, violate, withstand, be remiss, break rules, fly in face of, go counter to, insurrect, not heed, not listen, not mind, pay no attention to, recalcitrate, rise in arms, set aside, take law into own hands |
| Antonyms: | conform, obey, oblige, regard, submit, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds different belief |
| Synonyms: | agitator, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, protester, rebel, misbeliever, recusant, schismatic, schismatist, sectary, separatist |
| Antonyms: | yes-man |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, assailant, assassin, attacker, bandit, betrayer, competitor, criminal, detractor, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, rebel, revolutionary, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain, archenemy, asperser, backbiter, bad person, calumniator, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, inquisitor, other side, prosecutor, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
| 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, troublemaker, revolutionist |
| Main Entry: | iconoclast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detractor |
| Synonyms: | critic, cynic, dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonbeliever, radical, rebel, denouncer, image-breaker, non-conformist, questioner, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | incendiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who causes fire, trouble |
| Synonyms: | agitator, arsonist, criminal, demagogue, demonstrator, firebrand*, insurgent, pyromaniac, rabble-rouser*, rebel, revolutionary, rioter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain |
| Synonyms: | carp, combat, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, except, execrate, expostulate, fight, fuss, gripe, grumble, inveigh, mumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, remonstrate, repine, resist, spurn, wail, whine, withstand, anathematize |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | mutiny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defy, revolt |
| Synonyms: | disobey, rebel, resist, strike, be insubordinate, insurrect, kick over, refuse to obey, rise against, rise up |
| Antonyms: | obey, observe, serve, subject |
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
| Synonyms: | beatnik*, bohemian*, demonstrator, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, weirdo*, different breed, dissentient, misbeliever, night person, sectary, separatist, swinger |
| Antonyms: | conformist, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people competing |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe, iconoclast, opponent, rebel, rival, disputant, other side |
| Antonyms: | team, teammates |
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, blast*, buck, combat, contend, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, kick*, maintain, object, oppose, predicate, profess, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, squawk*, testify, thumbs down, avouch, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, constate, cry out, inveigh against, make a stink, put up a fight, say no, sound off, take exception |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who advocates significant, often extreme change |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, avant-garde, extremist, fanatic, firebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, pacifist, progressive, rebel, renegade, revolutionary, subversive, insurrectionist, left-winger, leftist, objector, reformer, revolter, rioter, secessionist, ultraist |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is rebellious |
| Synonyms: | apostate, betrayer, deserter, dissident, escapee, exile, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, snake*, snake in the grass, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, abandoner, backslider, defector, double-crosser, forsaker, schismatic, tergiversator |
| Antonyms: | adherent, follower, passivist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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