Definition for Rebellious:

• Opposing a government by force of arms, to which allegiance or obedience is due; disobedient.

Synonyms for Rebellious:

• adj.

  •defiant (adjective)
  • bold,
  • daring,
  • confrontational,
  • conflicting,
  • challenging,
  • insolent,
  • audacious.
  •discordant (adjective)
  • schismatic.
  •disobedient (adjective)
  • nonconformist,
  • Disregardful,
  • undisciplined,
  • treasonous,
  • wayward,
  • mischievous,
  • intractable,
  • Misbehaving,
  • Disobeying,
  • treacherous.
  •disobedient, unmanageable (adjective)
  • dissident,
  • iconoclastic,
  • individualistic,
  • bellicose,
  • threatening,
  • rioting,
  • attacking,
  • sabotaging,
  • quarrelsome.
  •inflammatory (adjective)
  • demagogic,
  • rabble-rousing.
  •irrepressible (adjective)
  • irrepressible,
  • Unrestrainable.
  •revolutionary (adjective)
  • upsetting,
  • upheaving,
  • restructuring.
  •riotous (adjective)
  • tumultuous.

• n.

  •
  • negative,
  • Against,
  • warring.
  •
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bipolar,
  • opposing,
  • opposed,
  • hostile,
  • antagonistic,
  • anarchic.
  •
  • incendiary.
  •disloyal
  • renegade.
  •facing
  • confronting.
  •refractory
  • Unfilial.

Paraphrases for Rebellious:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    mutinous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    rebelling, recalcitrant, mutiny, treason, rebel-held, restive, separatist, dissident.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    rebel, insurgency, rebels, insurrectional, rogue, insurgent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rebel, rebels, insurgent, insurgents.

Antonyms for Rebellious:

• adj.

  • disobedient, unmanageable
    governable, compliant, obedient, happy, manageable.
  • Other antonyms:
    controllable, yielding, courteous, mannerly, constant, devoted, conformable, obsequious, disciplined, acquiescent, kowtowing, ruly, well-bred, contented, slavish, submissive, staunch, servile, biddable, amiable, dutiful, polite, orderly, obliging, deferential, subservient, tractable, docile, proper, amenable, agreeable, cooperative, true, respectful, content, Trainable, decorous, steadfast, gentle, true-blue.

Homophones for Rebellious:

• reflux, repulse, replica, rivulus, rubiales, ropewalk, republish, republic, rabelais, ribless, rafflesiaceae, reflex, roofless, replace, raffles, riblike.