Mutiny Synonyms and Antonyms

myo͝otn-ē
Defiance, resistance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. resistance
  4. emeute
  5. jacquerie
Antonyms:
  1. subservience
  2. obedience
Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insurrection
  2. rebellion
  3. insurgence
  4. insurgency
  5. revolt
  6. revolution
  7. sedition
  8. uprising
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To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force a government or ruling authority
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. revolt
  2. rebel
  3. defiance
  4. insurrection
  5. rebellion
  6. resistance
  7. riot
  8. rise
  9. strife
  10. upheaval
  11. uprising
Antonyms:
  1. obey
  2. serve
  3. observe
  4. subject

Words Related to Mutiny

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.

Related:

  1. resist
  2. sepoy
  3. mutineer
  4. crimean-war
  5. boer war
  6. civil-war

Mutiny Sentence Examples

  • In an instant the mutiny became a revolution.

  • A mutiny was the consequence.

  • He became military dictator in 1841, and governed by violence till he was driven into exile by mutiny in 1845.

  • The Strelitz were gradually drawn to the western frontier of Russia, and in 1698 they rose in mutiny for the last time.

  • This policy did not allay the discontent of the Macedonian army, and when Alexander in the summer of 324 moved to the cooler region of Media, an actual mutiny of the Macedonians broke out on the way at Opis on the Tigris.

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