Insurgent Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-sûrjənt
Participating in open revolt against a government or ruling authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. mutinous
  2. rebellious
  3. seditious
  4. revolutionary
  5. subversive
Antonyms:
  1. loyal
  2. obedient
  3. subordinate
Rebel
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rebel
  2. guerrilla
  3. insurrectionist
  4. radical
  5. revolutionary
  6. dissident
  7. insubordinate
  8. mutineer
  9. mutinous
  10. rebellious
  11. resister
  12. guerilla
  13. freedom-fighter
  14. revolter
  15. revolting
  16. irregular
Antonyms:
  1. loyalist
Engaged in armed rebellion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. insubordinate
  2. anarchical

Words Related to Insurgent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Insurgent Sentence Examples

  • In 1778 he joined France in supporting the insurgent English colonists in America.

  • He signaled to the other insurgent, who obeyed and moved forward, grabbing the dead man's ankles and hauling him out.

  • It was proposed that the army of some io,000 men under his command should advance northwards towards Rio de Janeiro, while the insurgent squadron threatened the city of Rio.

  • Early in 1894 dissensions occurred between Saraiva and Mello, which prevented any advance of the insurgent forces, and allowed Peixoto to perfect his plans.

  • In the summer of 1830 Tennyson and Hallam volunteered in the army of the Spanish insurgent Torrijos, and marched about a little in the Pyrenees, without meeting with an enemy.

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