| Main Entry: | rock the boat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb the status quo |
Synonyms: |
cause trouble, challenge the status quo, complain, disagree, disturb, disturb the balance, make a stink, make a stink, make waves, make waves, not conform, object, protest, stir things up, stir things up, upset the apple cart, upset the apple cart |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to obey |
Synonyms: |
be insubordinate, boycott, break with, censure, combat, come out against, criticize, defy, denounce, disobey, dissent, drop out, fight, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, remonstrate, renounce, resist, revolt, riot, rise up, rock the boat, run amok, secede, strike, take up arms, turn against, upset |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
agree, comply, obey |
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, rise up against |
Synonyms: |
arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, renounce, resist, riot, rock the boat, strike, take up arms, turn against |
Antonyms: |
comply, harmonize, obey, submit |
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
Synonyms: |
adjy, afflict, agitate, ail, bewilder, bug*, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, egg on, fire up, flip out, flip*, floor*, flurry, fluster, get to, give a hard time, grieve, incapacitate, indispose, key up, lay up, make a scene, make waves, perturb, pick on, pother, psych, rattle, rock the boat, ruffle, sicken, spook, stir up, throw off balance, turn, turn on, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |