Synonyms for insurgence
- apostasy
- defiance
- disobedience
- dissent
- heresy
- insubordination
- insurgency
- insurrection
- mutiny
- nonconformity
- revolt
- revolution
- rising
- schism
- sedition
- uprising
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Antonyms for insurgence
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR INSURGENCE
She struggled to control an insurgence of emotions that rose out of the deeps of her being.
WORD ORIGIN
1847; see insurgency + -ence.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR INSURGENCE
commotion
nounclamor, uproar- ado
- agitation
- annoyance
- backwash
- ballyhoo
- bedlam
- big scene
- big stink
- brouhaha
- bustle
- clatter
- combustion
- confusion
- convulsion
- discomposure
- disquiet
- dither
- excitement
- ferment
- fermentation
- flap
- flurry
- furor
- fuss
- hell broke loose
- hubbub
- hurly-burly
- insurgence
- insurrection
- lather
- mutiny
- outcry
- pandemonium
- perturbation
- pother
- racket
- rebellion
- revolt
- riot
- rumpus
- stew
- stir
- to-do
- tumult
- turbulence
- upheaval
- uprising
- upset
- upturn
- vexation
- welter
- whirl
defiance
noundisobedience, disregard- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- unruliness
disobedience
nounmisbehavior; noncompliance with rulesindocility
noununruliness- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractability
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- wildness
insurgency
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