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- noun, adjective, intransitive verb
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noun |
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re
b l
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| definition 1: |
one who resists authority or restriction.
He was a rebel in high school and broke all the rules.A woman was considered a rebel in those times if she refused marry.- similar words:
- renegade, subversive
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| definition 2: |
a person who shows no loyalty to or tries to overthrow the established government of his or her country.
The rebels finally succeeded in overthrowing the government.- synonyms:
- insurgent, revolutionary, revolutionist, traitor
- similar words:
- subversive
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| related words: |
anarchist, insubordinate, malcontent, maverick, nonconformist |
adjective + (n.)rebel
accused, advancing, anti-government, armed, brutal, digital, ethnic, fellow, military, offensive, separatist, southern, suspected, wounded
verb + (n.)rebel
abduct, aid, arm, back, bomb, crush, defeat, defect, disarm, fund, negotiate, recapture, supply, suppress
(n.)rebel
+ verb
accuse,
advance,
ambush,
attack,
battle,
capture,
claim,
control,
disrupt,
execute,
fight,
fire,
flee,
hole,
invade,
kill,
launch,
march,
occupy,
overrun,
overthrow,
recruit,
seize,
storm,
surrender,
topple,
wage
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noun + (n.)rebel
assault, band, contra, coup, fighting, front, government, helicopter, leftist, massacre, military, peace, peasant, raid
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
re
bl
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| definition 1: |
pertaining to rebellions or defiant behavior.
The rebel cause has many supporters.- synonyms:
- defiant, rebellious
- antonyms:
- compliant
- similar words:
- disobedient, factious, insurgent, lawless, mutinous, recalcitrant, riotous, seditious, subversive, treasonable
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| definition 2: |
of, pertaining to, or denoting those who are rebels.
Rebel uniforms were gray during the U.S. Civil War.The rebel forces have gained the upper hand.- synonyms:
- insurgent, revolutionary
- antonyms:
- conformist
- similar words:
- mutinous, rebellious, renegade, traitorous
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| related words: |
beat, radical |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
rih
bel
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| inflections: |
rebels, rebelling, rebelled |
| definition 1: |
to act in a defiant or rebellious manner.
During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies rebelled against British rule.- synonyms:
- revolt
- antonyms:
- conform, follow, obey
- similar words:
- mutiny, riot
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| definition 2: |
to show feelings of great unwillingness or distaste.
She rebelled at what she felt were her mother's unreasonable demands.- antonyms:
- acquiesce
- similar words:
- defy, flinch, recoil, shrink
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| related words: |
act up, disobey, oppose, revolt, rise |
adverb + (v.)rebel
eventually, kind, meanwhile
(v.)rebel
+ noun
authority, cause, commander, establishment, faction, fighter, force, leader, militia, parent, rule, soldier, troop, yell
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Rebel comes from bellum, the Latin word for "war." With the prefix "re-," it means "make war against."
The word rebel
contains the following parts:
re-
Latin
prefix
that means again; back or back again
  More about this word part:
The prefix re-
occurs in verbs that are Latin loanwords, where it can mean "again" (revise
) or "back again" (reflect
). It also attaches to English verbs (replay
, rewind) with both meanings. Any verb can be prefixed by "re-
" to indicate that an action is repeated. No hyphen is necessary unless the word formed is identical to an existing word (re-sign the document, but resign
from a job).
Example words:
irrefragable, irremissible, irrevocable, re-coil, re-cover, react, reappear, rebuild, recall, recede, recoil, reconstruct, record, recover, redo, reflect, reflection, regress, reheat, relive, remissible, remit, remove, renew, renewal, repaint, repay, replay, replete, report, reporter, reservation, resign, resignation, respect, retract, reverse, reversible, revert, review, revise, revision, revive, revolve, revolution, rewrite, rebel, rebellious
bell, belli
Latin
root
that means war
Example words:
- synonyms:
- pac
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