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rebel
adjective as in not obeying
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Weak matches
noun as in person who does not obey
Strongest matches
guerrilla, insurgent, opponent, rioter, secessionist, separatist
Strong matches
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, experimenter, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter, traitor, turncoat
Weak matches
disectarian, experientialist, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, schismatic, seditionist
verb as in refuse to obey
Strong matches
boycott, censure, combat, criticize, denounce, disobey, dissent, fight, mutiny, oppose, overturn, remonstrate, riot, strike, upset
Weak matches
be insubordinate, break with, come out against, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, opt out, rise up, rock the boat, run amok, turn against
Example Sentences
R360 has a parallel rebel plan to set up the event without World Rugby's ratification, if it cannot convince the governing body's member unions to approve it.
The Darfur war began after the Arab-dominated government at the time armed the Janjaweed, in an attempt to suppress an uprising by rebels from black African ethnic groups.
When the book begins, these plans have been torn asunder: Marc, as it transpires, has been killed in a rebel attack on a refugee camp in Libya.
The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked devastation across the country's eastern region.
But locals allege that such security operations - where the line between armed rebels and ordinary civilians is often blurred - are common.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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