Rebellion Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-bĕlyən
Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. defiance
  4. resistance
  5. rising
  6. uprising
Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. insurgency
  4. mutiny
  5. uprising
  6. revolution
  7. sedition
  8. insurgence
  9. defiance
  10. disturbance
  11. insubordination
  12. outbreak
  13. upheaval
Antonyms:
  1. calm
  2. harmony
  3. peace

Words Related to Rebellion

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Rebellion Sentence Examples

  • Alva was now free to deal with rebellion in the north.

  • The Astrakhan rebellion (1706), which affected all the districts under his government, shook Peter's confidence in him, and seriously impaired his position.

  • I found out there's a way for the rebellion to permanently remove me from my position.

  • Anyway, he expired two days later in the guardhouse of the citadel of St Petersburg, two days after the senate had condemned him to death for imagining rebellion against his father, and for hoping for the co-operation of the common people and the armed intervention of his brother-in-law, the emperor.

  • The country round is fertile and well cultivated, and the place must have been one of considerable wealth before the T'aip'ing rebellion, as the ruins of many fine temples attest.

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