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renegades

NOUN

person who is rebellious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defector deserter dissident heretic insurgent mutineer traitor

STRONG

apostate backslider betrayer double-crosser escapee exile fugitive iconoclast outlaw rebel recreant refugee runaway snake tergiversator turnabout turncoat

WEAK

abandoner forsaker schismatic snake in the grass

Antonyms

WEAK

adherent follower passivist

Example Sentences

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The vaunted intelligence service of close ally, Cuba, has worked to identify plots and renegades, with intelligence officers placed in every unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Bio praised the "gallant security forces" for repelling the "renegades" and said calm had been restored.

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 2023

Some parasites change systems from the inside; others, like the cookie-cutter shark, are renegades working from the outside, stealing what they can, when they can.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

But even if these renegades go nowhere in the polls, they could play a significant role in the election.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2023

We were only rule followers pretending to be renegades.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson