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| Main Entry: |
guerrilla
 [guh-ril-uh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bushfighter |
| Synonyms: | commando, freedom fighter, irregular, mercenary, professional soldier, resistance fighter, soldier of fortune, terrorist, underground fighter |
| Notes: | guerrilla is from a Spanish diminutive of guerra 'war' and refers to a soldier of an independent armed resistance force; gorilla is the ape |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
| 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, revolutionist, troublemaker |
Example Sentences
- These involve encouraging guerrilla desertions and targeting the leadership.
- Plus there are always a few things without any labels made by guerrilla outfits.
- Creationists and intelligent-design boosters have a guerrilla tactic to undermine textbooks that don't jibe with their beliefs.
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| 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: | soldier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person serving in military |
| Synonyms: | GI, Green Beret, airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior |
| Main Entry: | terrorist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subversive |
| Synonyms: | bomber, guerrilla, incendiary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, thug |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | revolutionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
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