Definition for Rebellion:

• The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

Synonyms for Rebellion:

• n.

  •
  • apostasy,
  • civil disobedience,
  • 77,
  • bioterrorism,
  • boycott,
  • 911,
  • barricade,
  • agriterrorism,
  • agitation.
  •
  • resist.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • defection.
  •act (noun)
  • rebellion.
  •anarchy (noun)
  • dis-organization,
  • dis regard,
  • dis organizations,
  • dis organization,
  • reign terror,
  • mis rule,
  • non-government,
  • mob rules,
  • non governments,
  • non government,
  • nongovernments,
  • dis-regards,
  • mis-rule,
  • non-governments,
  • dis regards,
  • mis rules,
  • dis-regard,
  • mis-rules,
  • dis-organizations.
  •commotion (noun)
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-composure,
  • out-cries,
  • out cries,
  • out-cry,
  • hurlyburly,
  • out cry,
  • dis quiets,
  • up-turn,
  • dis-quiets,
  • big scenes,
  • hurly burly,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis composure,
  • dis composures,
  • up sets,
  • big stinks,
  • up-set,
  • up-sets,
  • up turns,
  • hell broke looses,
  • dis-composures,
  • up-turns.
  •coup d'état (noun)
  • coup-detat,
  • over-throws,
  • over throws,
  • over-throw,
  • coup detat,
  • coup-d'etat,
  • palace revolutions,
  • over throw.
  •defection (noun)
  • dis loyalty,
  • dis-loyalty,
  • dis affections,
  • re-treats,
  • re-treat,
  • disownments,
  • sunderings,
  • dis affection,
  • re treats,
  • dis-affections,
  • dis loyalties,
  • dis-affection,
  • dis-loyalties,
  • forsakings.
  •defiance (noun)
  • impudence,
  • enjoinder,
  • spite,
  • Impugnment,
  • rebelliousness,
  • Factiousness,
  • throwing of the gauntlet,
  • recalcitrance.
  •disobedience (noun)
  • disregard,
  • sedition,
  • traitorousness,
  • subversion,
  • insurrection,
  • treachery,
  • insubordination,
  • treason,
  • anarchism.
  •disobedience; revolt (noun)
  • heresy,
  • dissent,
  • nonconformity,
  • schism,
  • rising.
  •disorder (noun)
  • riotings,
  • statics,
  • lawlessness,
  • terrorism.
  •faction (noun)
  • dis harmony,
  • dis-harmonies,
  • dis agreements,
  • infightings,
  • in fighting,
  • dis-harmony,
  • quarrelsomenesses,
  • dis agreement,
  • divisivenesses,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis harmonies,
  • dis unity,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis-unity.
  •indocility (noun)
  • dis-orderlinesses,
  • un towardness,
  • in docility,
  • un-controllability,
  • un-governablenesses,
  • un-manageability,
  • dis orderlinesses,
  • un governablenesses,
  • in-docilities,
  • un manageability,
  • un towardnesses,
  • un-controllabilities,
  • un controllability,
  • un-manageabilities,
  • un manageabilities,
  • in-docility,
  • dis orderliness,
  • un-controllableness,
  • un governableness,
  • dis-orderliness,
  • in docilities,
  • un controllabilities,
  • un controllableness,
  • wildnesses,
  • un-controllablenesses,
  • un controllablenesses,
  • un-towardnesses,
  • un-governableness,
  • un-towardness.
  •insubordination (noun)
  • in subordinations,
  • non-compliances,
  • non-cooperations,
  • non cooperation,
  • non compliance,
  • non compliances,
  • noncooperations,
  • in-subordination,
  • in subordination,
  • in-subordinations,
  • non cooperations.
  •insurrection (noun)
  • resistance.
  •intractability (noun)
  • intractability.
  •opposition (noun)
  • fuel.
  •outbreak (noun)
  • dis-charge,
  • out-break,
  • out bursts,
  • ex-plosion,
  • dis charges,
  • flareup,
  • ex plosion,
  • out pouring,
  • burstings,
  • out-breaks,
  • out-pouring,
  • out breaks,
  • out break,
  • out burst,
  • out-burst,
  • dis-charges,
  • ex plosions,
  • be ginning,
  • out-bursts,
  • be-ginning,
  • dis charge.
  •recalcitrance (noun)
  • de spites,
  • de spite,
  • de-spite,
  • despites,
  • de-spites.
  •recreance (noun)
  • re creances,
  • re-creance,
  • re creance,
  • re-creances.
  •revolt (noun)
  • risings.
  •revolution (noun)
  • restructuring,
  • upset,
  • upheaval,
  • Overturning.
  •topsy-turviness (noun)
  • dis array,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • dis-orderedness,
  • dis orderedness,
  • dis orderednesses,
  • dis arrangement,
  • dis-array,
  • dis-arrangement,
  • topsy turviness,
  • dis-orderednesses,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis-arrays,
  • dis arrays.
  •unrest (noun)
  • moodiness,
  • bickerings.
  •unruliness (noun)
  • intractableness.
  •uprising (noun)
  • up-risings,
  • up risings,
  • up rising,
  • up-rising.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insurgency.
  •Other relevant words:
  • obstreperousness,
  • riot,
  • take over,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • contrariness,
  • disorganization,
  • ascension,
  • struggle,
  • rabble-rousing,
  • confusion,
  • antinomianism,
  • contumacy,
  • skirmish,
  • obstinacy,
  • disruption,
  • noncompliance,
  • overthrow,
  • disagreement,
  • Indocility,
  • dissonance,
  • hostility,
  • recalcitrant,
  • Mobocracy,
  • disturbance,
  • unruliness,
  • incitement,
  • rebel,
  • strike,
  • dispute,
  • fighting,
  • Jacquerie,
  • rise,
  • nihilism,
  • coup,
  • chaos,
  • recusancy,
  • mob law,
  • Emeute,
  • instigation,
  • Ochlocracy,
  • ascent,
  • antagonism,
  • turmoil,
  • fight,
  • subversiveness,
  • balkiness,
  • demur,
  • willfulness,
  • frowardness,
  • discord,
  • opposition,
  • fomentation,
  • turbulence,
  • enmity,
  • row,
  • disorderliness,
  • stubbornness,
  • Levee en masse,
  • distraction,
  • dissension,
  • civil unrest,
  • mayhem,
  • rebelling,
  • Riots,
  • trouble,
  • peasant revolt,
  • refractoriness,
  • syndicalism,
  • Skirmishing,
  • recalcitrancy,
  • lynch law,
  • misrule,
  • criminal syndicalism,
  • disintegration,
  • waywardness,
  • tumult,
  • Civil Disorder,
  • Tohubohu,
  • anarcho-syndicalism.

Paraphrases for Rebellion:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    revolt, insurgency, uprising.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insurrection, revolt, insurgency, mutiny, uprising.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    mutiny.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Insurgence.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    revolution.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    resistance, revolution, revulsion, absentia, renegade, treason, turmoil, militancy, outrage, rioting, guerrilla, intifada.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    rebel, rebels.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rebel, insubordination, riot, upheaval, sedition.

Antonyms for Rebellion:

• n.

  • disobedience; revolt
    harmony, submission, orthodoxy, calm, peace, obedience.
  • Other antonyms:
    authority, Subserviency, control, rule, subordinateness, supremacy, amenability, empire, counterinsurgency, law, loyalty, order, docility, subservience, government, counterrevolution, agreeability, sovereignty, dutifulness, amiability, command, deference, domination, tractableness, submissiveness, dominion, tractability, slavishness, trainability.

Rebellion Sentence Examples:

• Louisa had no intention of letting her in; she meant to keep her out until the dress and hat of her rebellion were spoiled.

• Rebellion against them is sin; devotion to them the very essence of religion.

Homophones for Rebellion:

• raffia palm, rifleman.

Hyponym for Rebellion:

• n.

  • act
    resistance.