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- pronunciation:
- rih
bel
y
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
unwilling to accept one's situation or submit to the will of others.
The others tolerated the injustices, but she was rebellious.- synonyms:
- insurgent, rebel
- antonyms:
- patient, resigned, submissive, tolerant
- similar words:
- lawless, mutinous, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, subversive, traitorous, treasonable
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| definition 2: |
resisting what is conventional or restrictive.
- antonyms:
- conventional
- similar words:
- antisocial, bohemian, contumacious, defiant, insubordinate, lawless, rebel, recalcitrant, resistant, resistive, unconventional
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| definition 3: |
unruly; unmanageable.
- synonyms:
- unmanageable, unruly
- similar words:
- contumacious, defiant, disobedient, incorrigible, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, uncontrollable, undisciplined, wayward, wild
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| definition 4: |
of or characteristic of a rebellion or rebels.
rebellious forces- similar words:
- rebel
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| related words: |
perverse, radical, renegade |
adverb + (adj.)rebellious
definitely, naturally, seemingly
(adj.)rebellious
+ noun
adolescence,
adolescent,
angel,
attitude,
behavior,
character,
clergy,
colonist,
colony,
daughter,
ghost,
hero,
inmate,
lock,
mood,
nature,
offspring,
parliament,
peasant,
phase,
priest,
protest,
province,
region,
republic,
self,
slave,
son,
spirit,
stage,
stance,
streak,
subject,
teen,
teenager,
tribesman,
vassal,
youth
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| derivations: |
rebelliously (adv.), rebelliousness (n.) |
The word rebellious
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
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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