rebellious

Examples

• All

• With an iron fist, Muhammad defeated the rebellious tribes and conquered their city.

  Academic text (2015)

• Among them were the Shawnee who sought to reclaim the land lost to the now rebellious frontiersman.

• For the moment, at least, they were not rebellious.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The film's first sequence shows French authorities punishing supposedly rebellious soldiers.

  Academic text (2000)

• The rebellious cadets held Castillo Armas's men at bay for two days.

  Academic text (2001)

• An insurgent state develops when a rebellious group secures and retains control of a territorial base of operations.

  Academic text (1990)

• Despite achieving control of four of Venezuela's largest cities, the rebellious officers failed to overthrow the administration of Carlos Andres Perez.

  Academic text (2000)

• Many young people today are seen as rebellious because they challenge traditional values and norms.

• The students organized a protest to express their rebellious opposition to the school's strict rules.

• In the film, the rebellious character leads a movement against the oppressive government.

Synonyms

D

defiant

vsrebellious

63 5.6

Refusing to follow rules or orders in a bold, open way

is involvement in active opposition, often beyond individual bold refusal

M

militant

vsrebellious

45 6.8

Very active and ready to fight for a belief or cause

is specifically involvement in active opposition to authority or government

R

resistant

vsrebellious

20 4.3

Refusing to accept change or obey people in charge

is support of active resistance often against government, not mere opposition

R

recalcitrant

vsrebellious

• Formal

11 8.1

Not willing to follow rules or accept control

is involvement or support of active political resistance against authority or government

M

mutinous

vsrebellious

4 8.6

To refuse to obey leaders and show open rebellion

is active or supportive resistance against authority or government, broader than group revolt

I

insurrectionary

vsrebellious

1 9.9

Something that encourages people to rise against the government

is about backing active opposition to authority or government in general

S

seditionist

vsrebellious

• Formal

9.7

Supporting actions that try to remove the government or other authority

is active resistance or opposition toward authority, not only inciting others

I

insurrectional

vsrebellious

9.9

Supporting or joining a revolt against the government

is support of active resistance, broader than just describing revolt

R

resistive

vsrebellious

7.6

Likely to oppose rules or orders

is committed active resistance against authority or government rather than general tendency

Antonyms

S

submissive

38 5.1

Willing to obey others and not argue

How Rebellious

revolutionary

143 4.9

rebellious

9 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology