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synonyms for rebellion

  • dissent
  • insurgency
  • insurrection
  • revolution
  • uprising
  • apostasy
  • defiance
  • disobedience
  • heresy
  • insubordination
  • insurgence
  • nonconformity
  • rising
  • schism
On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rebellion, such as: dissent, insurgency, insurrection, revolution, uprising, and apostasy.

antonyms for rebellion

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  • obedience
  • orthodoxy
  • submission
  • calm
  • harmony
  • peace
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How to use rebellion in a sentence

The administration’s obsession with standardized tests led to a rebellion by parents, students, teachers, principals and even superintendents who spoke out against the policies.
THE TELLING THINGS BARACK OBAMA WROTE — AND DIDN’T MENTION — ABOUT HIS EDUCATION POLICIES IN NEW MEMOIRVALERIE STRAUSSDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Some of them were seeking a life free of prosecution, though many in the US viewed this repatriation as a pragmatic way to avoid slave rebellions, which is a less rosy motivation.
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOST FRAUDULENT ELECTION IN HISTORYPOPSCI STAFFOCTOBER 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
He fostered curiosity and instilled an underlying sense of rebellion.
THERE’S ALWAYS SOME KILLING YOU GOT TO DO ON A FARMEUGENE ROBINSONOCTOBER 23, 2020OZY
In late August, an anonymous developer sporting a cartoon panda chef avatar led a crypto rebellion.
IS THE SUSHISWAP SAGA A PREVIEW OF A NEW WAVE OF CRYPTO CHAOS?DZANEMORRISSEPTEMBER 9, 2020FORTUNE
According to some scholars, the settlement stemmed from the rebellion and regrouping of people who fled the collapse of large, urban areas in the southern Levant, modern-day Israel and Palestine.
A JUSTIFICATION FOR UNREST? LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE BIBLE AND THE FOUNDING FATHERSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 11, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
The rebellion spread to their district, and many of the natives on and about the estate were eager to join in the movement.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO REBELLION

  • chaos
  • confusion
  • disorder
  • disorganization
  • insurrection
  • lawlessness
  • mob rule
  • mobocracy
  • mutiny
  • nihilism
  • nongovernment
  • rebellion
  • reign of terror
  • revolution
  • riot
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • unrest
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.