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[myoot-n-ee] 
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mutiny
[myoot-n-ee]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defy, revolt |
| Synonyms: | be insubordinate, disobey, insurrect, kick over, rebel, refuse to obey, resist, rise against, rise up, strike |
| Antonyms: | obey, observe, serve, subject |
| 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: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, rise up against |
| Synonyms: | arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, renounce, resist, riot, rock the boat, strike, take up arms, turn against |
| Antonyms: | comply, harmonize, obey, submit |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | insurrect, mount, mutiny, resist, revolt, riot, take up arms |
| Antonyms: | comply, cooperate, give in, go along |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Main Entry: | run riot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run wild |
| Synonyms: | carouse, cut loose, debauch, insurge, insurrect, live hard, mutiny, revolute, riot, run amok |
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