Rebel

Word REBEL
Character 5
Hyphenation reb el re bel
Pronunciations /ˈɹɛbəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Rebel"

What do we mean by rebel?

To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority. intransitive verb

To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention. intransitive verb

To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance. intransitive verb

One who rebels or is in rebellion. noun

A Confederate soldier. noun

A person who resists or defies authority or convention. noun

To make war against one's government, or against anything deemed oppressive, by arms or other means; revolt by active resistance or repulsion.

Resisting authority or law; rebellious.

Of a rebellious nature or character; characteristic of a rebel.

A person who makes war upon the government of his country from political motives; one of a body of persons organized for a change of government or of laws by force of arms, or by open defiance. noun

Hence One who or that which resists authority or law; one who refuses obedience to a superior, or who revolts against some controlling power or principle. noun

Synonyms Traitor, etc. See insurgent, n. noun

One who rebels. noun

Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious. adjective

To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See rebellion. intransitive verb

To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. intransitive verb

A person who resists an established authority, often violently. noun

To resist or become defiant toward an authority. verb

A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) noun

Break with established customs verb

A person who resists an established authority, often violently

A person from the Confederate States of America

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rebel

The word "rebel" in example sentences

Your Lordships will find that he never is a rebel to one party without being a tyrant to some others; that _rebel_ and _tyrant_ are correlative terms, when applied to him, and that they constantly go together. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

The Leinster king, however, could neither be frightened nor persuaded into seeing matters in that light, and, probably, thought the term rebel would be more appropriately applied to those who resisted the native rulers of the country. ❋ Mary Frances Cusack (1864)

Unlike many, I don't find the term "rebel" pejorative; George Washington was a rebel. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The term rebel may not now appear in all its train of horrid consequences. ❋ Unknown (1817)

Hanging the word "rebel" onto someone for me is like a neon flower to a buzzing bumble bee For the most part...though we won't go into those particulars now. ❋ Beth Arnold (2011)

In Washington, Hoyos said that roughly 1,500 rebels are hiding out in Venezuela and he showed fellow diplomats numerous aerial photographs of what he identified as rebel camps on Venezuelan territory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No, the best way to rebel is to vote for someone who is a complete and utter loon. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And the students, while we were doing what they called a rebel yell, we were the Rebels, the North High Rebels. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Lexington, had the poorest possible opinion of those on what he called the rebel side. ❋ George McKinnon Wrong (1904)

The well-nourished body of the rebel is the sign of his prosperity. collops -- masses of fat. ❋ Unknown (1871)

He said something unpleasant about its not being singular that I should be a rebel, when I always associated with rebels, to which I replied that it seemed to me that I could hardly be blamed for that, seeing that my father had been what he called a rebel, and that I had little choice in the matter of my associates; and that if I had been educated at a school in ❋ Charles Mills Sheldon (1867)

He did not object to this, as it served to quiet suspicion of his own dislike to the cause, and diverted the observation of the adherents of what he called the rebel government, from his own motions; whilst, at the same time, he deemed it no other than a gewgaw that played upon the boyish fancy of Henry without reaching his principles. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Officials have sometimes blamed reported atrocities on what they describe as rebel fighters dressed as Russian soldiers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The IISS report highlights what it calls the rebel group's "interest in securing foreign-state funding on a scale sufficient to alter the military balance in Colombia," and says it appears the FARC's did not achieve that goal. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For months Sudan has been attacking what it calls rebel groups in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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