- rebel - used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"
Antonym: northern (indirect, via southern)
- rebel, rebelling, rebellious - participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"
Antonym: loyal (indirect, via disloyal)
- Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, grayback - `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
--1 is a kind of Confederate soldier
- insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
--2 is a kind of revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter; reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
--2 has particulars:mutineer; Young Turk; Turner, Nat Turner; Vesey, Denmark Vesey; Wallace, Sir William Wallace Derived form: verb rebel1 - maverick, rebel - someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
--3 is a kind of nonconformist, recusant
Derived form: verb rebel2
- rebel, arise, rise, rise up - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
--1 is one way to protest, resist, dissent
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun rebel2, noun rebellion2
They rebel
- rebel, renegade - break with established customs
--2 is one way to protest, resist, dissent
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rebel3, noun rebellion1
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