Revolt Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-vōlt
Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. uprising
  2. rebellion
  3. insurrection
  4. mutiny
  5. revolution
  6. sedition
  7. insurgence
  8. insurgency
  9. rising
Antonyms:
  1. calm
  2. peace
  3. harmony
To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disgust

Words Related to Revolt

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. like
  2. civil-war
  3. pogrom
  4. counter-revolution
  5. unrest
  6. crusade
  7. fascism
  8. uprisings

Revolt Sentence Examples

  • He was suspected of bringing about a revolt in Scotland.

  • Mahommed in fact represented a revolt against the anthropomorphism of commonplace Mahommedan orthodoxy, but he was a rigid predestinarian and a strict observer of the law.

  • All the land was lost in the next few years, partly by the revolt of the local farmers.

  • In Africa the Moorish prince, Firmus, raised the standard of revolt, being joined by the provincials, who had been rendered desperate by the cruelty and extortions of Count Romanus, the military governor.

  • Hurriedly retreating to Senaf, hard pressed by the Italians, who shelled Senaf on the evening of the 15th of January, Mangashh was obliged to abandon his camp and provisions to Baratieri, who also secured a quantity of correspondence establishing the complicity of Menelek and Mangash in the revolt of Bath-Agos.

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