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insurrectionary
[in-suh-rek-shuh-ner-ee] 
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insurrectionary
[in-suh-rek-shuh-ner-ee]
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| 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: | insurgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | anarchical, contumacious, disobedient, factious, insubordinate, insurrectionary, mutinous, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious |
| Antonyms: | obedient, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | mutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | anarchistic, contumacious, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, subversive, traitorous, treasonable, ungovernable, unmanageable |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating by extremes |
| Synonyms: | advanced, anarchistic, complete, entire, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out, freethinking, iconoclastic, immoderate, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, intransigent, lawless, leftist, militant, mutinous, nihilistic, progressive, rabid, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, severe, sweeping, thorough, ultra, ultraist, uncompromising, violent, way out |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not obeying |
| Synonyms: | insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, compliant, obedient |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | rebellious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, unmanageable |
| Synonyms: | alienated, anarchistic, attacking, bellicose, contumacious, defiant, difficult, disaffected, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, fractious, iconoclastic, incorrigible, individualistic, insurgent, insurrectionary, intractable, mutinous, obstinate, pugnacious, quarrelsome, radical, rebel, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, restless, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, sabotaging, seditious, threatening, treasonable, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, warring |
| Antonyms: | compliant, governable, manageable, obedient |
| Main Entry: | riotous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaotic, wild |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, helter-skelter, insurrectionary, lawless, mutinous, out of control, rampageous, rebellious, rowdy, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled, unruly, violent |
| Main Entry: | seditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | anarchistic, bellicose, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, radical, rebel, resistant, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, treasonable, warring |
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