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rebel
adjective as in not obeying
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noun as in person who does not obey
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guerrilla, insurgent, opponent, rioter, secessionist, separatist
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agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, experimenter, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter, traitor, turncoat
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disectarian, experientialist, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, schismatic, seditionist
verb as in refuse to obey
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boycott, censure, combat, criticize, denounce, disobey, dissent, fight, mutiny, oppose, overturn, remonstrate, riot, strike, upset
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be insubordinate, break with, come out against, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, opt out, rise up, rock the boat, run amok, turn against
Example Sentences
He finished with a 28-42 record in six seasons with the Rebels.
He wrote “Sagebrush Rebel,” a book about Reagan’s fight against what he saw as excessive federal control of Western lands.
Rebel groups have rejected a peace offer from Myanmar’s embattled junta, which is reeling from battlefield losses and defections in a civil war that has dragged on for more than three years.
Taylor's life - from her Oscar wins to her seven husbands - is explored in new BBC documentary series Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar.
The Good Rebel bar in Stockport, where Miss Thompson previously worked, paid tribute to her on Instagram, remembering her kind nature and "beaming smile".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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