Definition for Rebel:

• To resist, and take up arms against, the law or government; revolt; rise against any authority.

Synonyms for Rebel:

• adj.

  •not obeying (adjective)
  • insubordinate.

• n.

  •
  • demonstrator,
  • insurrectionary,
  • deserter,
  • revolutionist,
  • apostate,
  • campaigner,
  • malcontent,
  • subversive,
  • mutineer,
  • counterrevolutionary,
  • separatist,
  • schismatic,
  • activist.
  •
  • demonstrate,
  • foment,
  • individualist,
  • agitate,
  • independent,
  • nonconformist,
  • chase,
  • blacklist,
  • boycott,
  • destabilize,
  • dislodge.
  •
  • reject.
  •agitator (noun)
  • firebrand,
  • ringleader,
  • reformer.
  •anarchist (noun)
  • insurgent,
  • Revolter.
  •enemy (noun)
  • seditionist.

• v.

  •defy (verb)
  • counter,
  • countermand,
  • counteract,
  • defy,
  • challenge,
  • confront,
  • cross,
  • resist,
  • dare,
  • contravene,
  • face,
  • dissent,
  • affront.
  •disobey (verb)
  • disregard,
  • trespass,
  • subvert.
  •refuse to obey (verb)
  • overturn,
  • overthrow,
  • revolt,
  • upset.
  •revolt (verb)
  • restructure.

• Other synonyms:

  •Reb
  • reb.
  •
  • anarchic.
  •
  • iconoclast,
  • militant,
  • belong,
  • oppose,
  • civil,
  • go against.
  •
  • object.
  •
  • tackle.
  •demonstrator
  • protester.
  •disobey
  • insurrect,
  • infringe,
  • go counter to,
  • overstep,
  • rise in arms.
  •misbehave
  • act up.
  •Other relevant words:
  • grow,
  • disgust,
  • transgressor,
  • rearwards,
  • repel,
  • revolution,
  • guerrilla,
  • remonstrate,
  • Sectary,
  • vilely,
  • southern,
  • croaker,
  • grayback,
  • rebellion,
  • protestor,
  • take up arms,
  • turbulent,
  • befall,
  • Johnny Reb,
  • spring up,
  • come up,
  • uprising,
  • make waves,
  • Seceder,
  • create,
  • restive,
  • bob up,
  • drop out,
  • back,
  • brawl,
  • move upward,
  • Reluctate,
  • assailant,
  • denounce,
  • Johnny,
  • faultfinder,
  • irregular,
  • enhance,
  • Sorehead,
  • kicker,
  • insurrectionist,
  • enlarge,
  • dissenting,
  • ungovernable,
  • refractory,
  • whiner,
  • adverse,
  • adversary,
  • originate,
  • rebelling,
  • willful,
  • able,
  • perverse,
  • recalcitrant,
  • resistant,
  • offensive,
  • red,
  • breakaway,
  • rampage,
  • insurrection,
  • experimenter,
  • retire,
  • disorderly,
  • subverter,
  • Griper,
  • riotous,
  • break,
  • Murmurer,
  • overthrower,
  • stubborn,
  • disloyal,
  • censure,
  • ahead,
  • resister,
  • treasonable,
  • turn,
  • Bonnet rouge,
  • heighten,
  • secede,
  • disobedient,
  • bandit,
  • detestable,
  • intractable,
  • contrary,
  • untoward,
  • syndicalist,
  • grouch,
  • storm,
  • balky,
  • disgustingly,
  • come,
  • fight,
  • Against,
  • strike,
  • unorthodox,
  • unruly,
  • reactionist,
  • nasty,
  • Revolutioner,
  • maverick,
  • extremist,
  • repulsively,
  • distastefully,
  • obstreperous,
  • develop,
  • contumacious,
  • turn against,
  • flout,
  • antinomian,
  • opt out,
  • move up,
  • recreant,
  • Revolute,
  • dissatisfied,
  • Seditionary,
  • revoltingly,
  • intelligent,
  • revolutionize,
  • resistance,
  • react against,
  • criticize,
  • run riot,
  • greyback,
  • storeys,
  • beforehand,
  • violate,
  • unfavorable,
  • onwards,
  • rear,
  • rise,
  • Incompliant,
  • innovator,
  • revolting,
  • resurrect,
  • exception,
  • loner,
  • break with,
  • bellyacher,
  • rock the boat,
  • Defier,
  • nonconforming,
  • in advance,
  • go up,
  • Frondeur,
  • augment,
  • capable,
  • walk out,
  • insurge,
  • renounce,
  • mount,
  • traitorous,
  • jump,
  • rising,
  • athwart,
  • heretic,
  • acute,
  • Runagate,
  • wayward,
  • Sans-culotte,
  • wax,
  • disectarian,
  • run amok,
  • growler,
  • ignore,
  • freedom fighter,
  • complainant,
  • red republican,
  • insurgency,
  • dispute,
  • champ the bit,
  • Carbonaro,
  • prove,
  • begin,
  • yankee,
  • Anarch,
  • froward,
  • apt,
  • grumbler,
  • come out against,
  • amplify,
  • defiant,
  • knot,
  • disagree,
  • transgress,
  • previously,
  • learn by heart,
  • obstinate,
  • tie,
  • complainer,
  • uprise,
  • get out of line,
  • loathsome,
  • antagonist,
  • foul,
  • proceed,
  • happen,
  • brawler,
  • combat,
  • burglar,
  • surface,
  • communist,
  • backwards,
  • climb,
  • sickeningly,
  • resistance fighter,
  • nauseatingly,
  • climb up,
  • bow,
  • mutterer,
  • kick over the traces,
  • experientialist,
  • opponent,
  • occur,
  • lift,
  • clever,
  • fall,
  • crab,
  • Grouser,
  • bolshie,
  • guerilla,
  • extreme,
  • crank,
  • kvetch,
  • anomaly,
  • puritan,
  • reactionary,
  • nonconformer,
  • arise,
  • straighten,
  • ascend,
  • Reluct,
  • adroit,
  • attacker,
  • debunker,
  • anarcho-syndicalist,
  • anti,
  • factious,
  • quisling.

Paraphrases for Rebel:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    rebels, rebelling, insurrectional, mutinous, insurgent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    insurgent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insurrection, insurgent.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    rebel-controlled.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    recalcitrant, separatist, revolutionary, dissident, uncontrolled, breakaway, secessionist, counter-insurgency.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    separatist, revolutionary, uprising, breakaway, secessionist.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    rebel-held, rebellious, insurgency.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rebellious, rebellion, insurgency.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Militiamen, rebellion, Insurgence, insurgency.

Antonyms for Rebel:

• adj.

  • not obeying
    complaisant, obedient, compliant.
  • Other antonyms:
    acquiescent, proper, subservient, orderly, slavish, kowtowing, polite, obsequious, respectful, controllable, mannerly, agreeable, yielding, well-bred, manageable, servile, amiable, Trainable, deferential, governable, disciplined, cooperative, courteous, decorous, ruly, obliging.

• n.

  • person who does not obey
    adherent, loyalist.

• v.

  • refuse to obey
    give in, endorse, support, lose, laud, praise, obey, agree, approve, compliment, sanction, make peace, comply, yield, surrender.

Homophones for Rebel:

• reply, rabble, reveille, ravel, refill, rifle, Ruhr Valley, roble, revile, revalue, ruefully, reveal, ruffle, rappel, rubeola, revival, refuel, repel, rubella, riffle, rubble, rouble, rueful, ravioli, ruble, rival, rubel, ripple, replay, raffle, repayable, raphael, rape oil, repeal, revel, robolo.

Hypernym for Rebel:

• v.

  • social
    mutiny, revolt.

Hyponym for Rebel:

• v.

  • social
    dissent, resist, protest.