rebel
[verb]
Synonyms:
- revolt, mutiny, resist, rise up
- defy, disobey, dissent
[noun]
Synonyms:
- revolutionary, insurgent, revolutionist, secessionist
- nonconformist, apostate, dissenter, heretic, schismatic
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- rebellious, insurgent, insurrectionary, revolutionary

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Contrasted words: authoritarian, intransigent, traditionalist, conservative, reactionary, white
Related Words: adversary, antagonist, opponent, assailant, attacker, extremist, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultraist, debunker, iconoclast

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I. reb‧el¹ /ˈrebəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: rebel 'rebellious' (13-21 centuries), from Old French rebelle, from Latin, from bellum 'war']

1. someone who opposes or fights against people in authority:
Anti-government rebels attacked the town.
rebel forces/soldiers
the rebel leader

2. someone who refuses to do things in the normal way, or in the way that other people want them to:
Alex has always been a bit of a rebel.

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II. re‧bel² /rɪˈbel/ verb (past tense and past participle rebelled, present participle rebelling) [intransitive]

1. to oppose or fight against someone in authority or against an idea or situation which you do not agree with
rebel against
teenage boys rebelling against their parents

2. written if your stomach, legs, mind etc rebel, you cannot do or believe something you think you should:
He knew he ought to eat, but his stomach rebelled.

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rebel
noun
ADJ. anti-government | left-wing, right-wing | US-backed, etc. | former | armed
QUANT. band, group
VERB + REBEL back, help, support They sent in troops to back the rebels.
repel | defeat | join | lead
REBEL + VERB be based … The rebels were based in camps along the border.
advance | attack sth | capture sth, gain/regain/seize/take control (of sth) The rebels seized control of the national radio headquarters.
REBEL + NOUN faction, group, movement | army, fighters, force/forces, soldiers, troops, officers | commander, leader | control The southern parts of the country had fallen into rebel control.
base, camp, position, stronghold | activity, advance, assault, attack, invasion | cause, movement new recruits to the rebel cause
PREP. against the ~ military operations against the rebels
~ against a group of rebels against the emperor
PHRASES a bit/something of a rebel (figurative) He's a bit of a rebel (= he doesn't like to obey rules).

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