Definition for Insurrection:

• A rising against established authority; rebellion.

Synonyms for Insurrection:

• n.

  •
  • agriterrorism,
  • civil disobedience,
  • boycott,
  • agitation,
  • 911,
  • 77,
  • barricade,
  • bioterrorism,
  • apostasy.
  •
  • resist.
  •act (noun)
  • rising,
  • insurrection.
  •commotion (noun)
  • dis-composures,
  • up-set,
  • dis-composure,
  • hurlyburly,
  • big scenes,
  • dis-quiet,
  • big stinks,
  • dis quiets,
  • up sets,
  • up-turns,
  • out cry,
  • dis quiet,
  • hurly burly,
  • out-cries,
  • up turns,
  • out cries,
  • out-cry,
  • up-turn,
  • dis composures,
  • up-sets,
  • dis composure,
  • dis-quiets,
  • hell broke looses.
  •disobedience (noun)
  • anarchism,
  • disregard,
  • treachery,
  • disobedience,
  • treason,
  • subversion,
  • traitorousness,
  • insubordination.
  •disorder (noun)
  • terrorism,
  • mob rule,
  • statics,
  • riotings,
  • lawlessness.
  •disturbance (noun)
  • dis traction,
  • ex-plosions,
  • dis-arrangement,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis tractions,
  • ex plosion,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • ex-plosion,
  • ex plosions,
  • dis arrangement,
  • dis-tractions.
  •insubordination (noun)
  • de-fiances,
  • non cooperations,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis regard,
  • dis-regard,
  • in discipline,
  • nonobservances,
  • non observances,
  • de fiance,
  • in-discipline,
  • in subordinations,
  • de fiances,
  • de-fiance,
  • indisciplines,
  • in-subordinations,
  • non compliance,
  • non-observances,
  • non observance,
  • non compliances,
  • noncooperations,
  • dis regards,
  • non-compliances,
  • non-cooperations,
  • in-disciplines,
  • in-subordination,
  • non cooperation,
  • in subordination,
  • in disciplines.
  •mutiny (noun)
  • dis-obedience,
  • dis-obediences,
  • dis obediences,
  • refusal obey,
  • dis obedience.
  •outbreak (noun)
  • dis-charge,
  • burstings,
  • out burst,
  • out-break,
  • flareup,
  • be ginning,
  • dis charge,
  • out-breaks,
  • out bursts,
  • out breaks,
  • out break,
  • out-bursts,
  • out-burst,
  • be-ginning,
  • out-pouring,
  • dis charges,
  • out pouring,
  • dis-charges,
  • sunderings.
  •topsy-turviness (noun)
  • dis orderedness,
  • dis-orderliness,
  • dis-orderednesses,
  • dis-orderedness,
  • dis orderlinesses,
  • dis-array,
  • dis arrays,
  • dis-orderlinesses,
  • dis-arrays,
  • dis orderednesses,
  • dis array,
  • dis orderliness,
  • topsy turviness.
  •unrest (noun)
  • bickerings,
  • moodiness.
  •uprising (noun)
  • up rising,
  • up-risings,
  • up-rising,
  • up risings.
  •violence (noun)
  • barbarity,
  • thuggery,
  • destructiveness,
  • brawl,
  • brutality,
  • ferocity,
  • abuse,
  • turmoil,
  • assault,
  • frenzy,
  • fracas,
  • atrocity,
  • attack,
  • outrage,
  • intensity,
  • rage,
  • vehemence,
  • torture,
  • brutishness,
  • wildness,
  • broil,
  • uproar,
  • vandalism,
  • fury,
  • inhumanity,
  • savagery,
  • fight,
  • fierceness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • revolution.
  •Other relevant words:
  • defiance,
  • confusion,
  • donnybrook,
  • rabble-rousing,
  • illicit,
  • putsch,
  • rebelling,
  • confused,
  • lawless,
  • complicate,
  • disorderly,
  • befuddle,
  • chaotic,
  • upheaval,
  • noisy,
  • illegitimate,
  • confuse,
  • subversiveness,
  • disquiet,
  • ferment,
  • fomentation,
  • resistance,
  • outrageous,
  • Levee en masse,
  • turbulent,
  • anarchy,
  • boisterous,
  • rise,
  • perplex,
  • strike,
  • lock out,
  • hubbub,
  • unrestrained,
  • bewilder,
  • anarchical,
  • ruckus,
  • delirious,
  • disturb,
  • astound,
  • disconcert,
  • stir,
  • Emeute,
  • reckless,
  • mystify,
  • uncontrolled,
  • ado,
  • ascension,
  • ascent,
  • row,
  • affray,
  • throw,
  • disorganized,
  • violent,
  • recalcitrance,
  • pandemonium,
  • tumultuous,
  • agitated,
  • disgust,
  • loud,
  • rumpus,
  • astonish,
  • tumult,
  • upset,
  • turbulence,
  • unsettle,
  • chaos,
  • disobedient,
  • outburst,
  • hullabaloo,
  • instigation,
  • stun,
  • frantic,
  • throw into disorder,
  • contumacy,
  • frenzied,
  • brouhaha,
  • take over,
  • derange,
  • agitate,
  • coup,
  • out of order,
  • confound,
  • excitement,
  • riot,
  • incitement,
  • furious,
  • rampage,
  • riotous,
  • stupefy,
  • amaze,
  • trouble,
  • bamboozle,
  • wild,
  • disintegration,
  • bedlam,
  • disordered.

Paraphrases for Insurrection:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    insurgency.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    uprising, rebellion, revolt, insurgency, rebel, Insurgence.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mutiny.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intifada, unrest, insubordination, uplift.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    revolution, disobedience, sedition, riot, insurgent, rioting, upheaval, intifadah, heave.

Antonyms for Insurrection:

• n.

  • rebellion
    obedience, peace, compliance, subordination, calm.
  • Other antonyms:
    command, dominion, authority, law, sovereignty, empire, counterinsurgency, order, control, domination, rule, supremacy, counterrevolution, government, loyalty, submission.

Insurrection Sentence Examples:

• The tranquillity now established in Etruria was interrupted by a sudden insurrection of the Umbrians, a nation which had suffered no injury from the war, except what inconvenience the country had felt in the passing of the army.

• It, therefore, assumed that the withdrawal of the Southern States from the Union was an insurrection.

Hypernym for Insurrection:

• n.

  • act
    mutiny, Insurgence, intifada, intifadah, insurgency.

Hyponym for Insurrection:

• n.

  • act
    battle, struggle, conflict.