mutiny

Main Entry:
mutiny [myoot-n-ee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: defiance, resistance
Synonyms: disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, refusal to obey, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising
Antonyms: obedience, subservience
Main Entry: commotion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clamor, uproar
Synonyms: ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo, bedlam, big scene, big stink, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, discomposure, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hell broke loose, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurgence, insurrection, lather, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl
Antonyms: calm, calmness, peace, quiet, quietude, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility
Main Entry: disobedience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: misbehavior; noncompliance with rules
Synonyms: defiance, dereliction, disregard, indiscipline, infraction, infringement, insubmission, insubordination, insurgence, intractableness, mutiny, neglect, nonobservance, perversity, rebellion, recalcitrance, refractoriness, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, unruliness, violation, waywardness
Antonyms: behavior, obedience, observance, submission
Main Entry: disobey
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disregard rules; refuse to conform
Synonyms: balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, fly in face of, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms, run riot, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands, transgress, violate, withstand
Antonyms: conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit
Main Entry: insubordination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disobedience
Synonyms: defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, indiscipline, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, noncooperation, nonobservance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage
Main Entry: insurrection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rebellion
Synonyms: coup, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising
Antonyms: compliance, obedience, subordination
Main Entry: outbreak
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sudden happening
Synonyms: beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley
Antonyms: conclusion, end, finale
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: noun
Definition: uprising
Synonyms: defection, displeasure, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition
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: calm, harmony, peace
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