REBELLION Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word rebellion. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| insurrection | nounn | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||
| revolt | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another verb • make revolution • fill with distaste • cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | ||||||
| uprising | nounn | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||
| anarchy | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | ||||||
| defiance | nounn | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||
| disloyalty | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being disloyal | ||||||
| disobedience | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||
| insubordination | nounn | |||||
noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act | ||||||
| insurgency | nounn | |||||
noun • an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | ||||||
| mutiny | nounn | |||||
noun • open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) verb • engage in a mutiny against an authority | ||||||
| resistance | nounn | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||
| revolution | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving • the overthrow of a government by those who are governed • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||||||
| sedition | nounn | |||||
noun • an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government | ||||||
| upheaval | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) • a violent disturbance • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) • disturbance usually in protest | ||||||
| rising | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||
adjective • advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status noun • a movement upward; rise above the ground • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another adjective satellite • sloping upward • coming to maturity • newly come into prominence | ||||||
