rebel
/ˈɹɛb.əl/
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Australia/ˈɹeb.əl/
rebel noun: a person who resists an established authority, often violently.
Noun (1)
rebel (plural rebels)
- A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- A group of rebels defied the general's orders and split off from the main army.
- My little sister is such a rebel - coming home late, piercing her ears, and refusing to do any of her chores.
- Synonyms:
- malcontent, renegade
- Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
- Synonyms:
- Confederate
Verb
IPA/ɹɪˈbɛl/Australia/ɹɪˈbel/
rebel (third-person singular simple present rebels, present participle rebelling, simple past and past participle rebelled)
- To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
- to rebel against the system
- "Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'm not rebelling! I'm self actualizing! By rebelling."2014 April 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, Apr 17, 2014
- To forcefully subvert the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
Noun (2) capitalized: Rebel
Rebel (plural Rebels)
- A Confederate soldier; of the American Civil War.
- Synonyms:
- Johnny Reb, Reb
Proper noun capitalized: Rebel
Rebel (plural Rebels)
- A surname from German.
rebel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rebel in Hindi
- person who resists an established authority
- बाग़ी bāġī, बागी bāgī, विद्रोही vidrohī, द्रोही drohī
- to resist or become defiant towards
- विद्रोह vidroh, द्रोह करना droh karnā, विद्रोह करना vidroh karnā
rebel in Tamil
- போராளி, கலகம் செய்பவர், எதிர்ப்பவர்
rebel in Marathi
- person who resists an established authority
- बंडखोर baṇḍkhor
- to resist or become defiant towards
- बंड करणे baṇḍa karṇe
rebel in Urdu
- person who resists an established authority
- باغی bāġī
More languagesFewer languages
- rebel in Bengali
- বিদ্রোহী bidrōhi
- rebel in Telugu
- తిరుగుబాటు చేయడం, తిరుగుబాటు చేయడానికి, తిరుగుబాటు చెయ్యడానికి
- rebel in Malayalam
- വിമതൻ vimataṉ
- rebel in Kannada
- ದಂಗೆಕೋರ, ಬಂಡಾಯಗಾರ, ತಿರುಗಿ ಬೀಳುವವನು, ಬಂಡುಕೋರ
- rebel in Punjabi
- ਵਿਦਰੋਹੀ, ਬਗਾਵਤ ਕਰਨਾ, ਬਗਾਵਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- rebel in Gujarati
- બળવાખોર, બળવો કરવો, બળવો કરવા
- rebel in Odia
- ବିଦ୍ରୋହି, ବିଦ୍ରୋହ କରିବା
- rebel in Nepali
- विद्रोह गर्ने, विद्रोह गर्न, विद्रोह गर्नाका निम्ति
- rebel in Pashto
- باغي bāǧi
- rebel in Arabic
- مُتَمَرِّد mutamarrid, مُتَمَرِّدَة mutamarrida, ثَائِر ṯāʔir, عَاصٍ ʕāṣin
- rebel in Malay
- pemberontak
- rebel in Indonesian
- pendurhaka, pembangkang, pemberontak, memberontak
- rebel in Persian
- شورشی šureši, یاغی bâġi
- rebel in Thai
- กบฏ gà-bòt, ก่อกบฏ gɔ̀ɔ-gà-bòt
- rebel in Vietnamese
- người nổi loạn, người phiến loạn
- rebel in Myanmar
- သူပုန် supun
Examples of rebel in a sentence
- Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
- The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
- The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway.
Synonyms of rebel
Antonyms
Forms of rebel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rebels |
| plural | Rebels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rebels |
| present participle | rebelling |
| past participle | rebelled |
| past | rebelled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rebels |
Origin of rebel
From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”).
From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”). Doublet of revel.
From rebel.
Words formed from rebel
- Reb
- antirebel
- anti-rebel
- Euro-rebel
- Johnny Reb
- nonrebel
- non-rebel
- rebeldom
- rebeless
- rebel flag
- rebelhood
- rebellike
- rebel-like
- rebelly
- rebelsome
- rebel without a cause
- rebel without a clue
- rebel yell
- nonrebelling
- non-rebelling
- rebeller
- rebeler
- rebelling
- unrebelling
Phrases with rebel
Words that rhyme with rebel
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
Questions about rebel
- What does rebel mean?
- Rebel means a person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- What is rebel in Hindi?
- Rebel in Hindi is बाग़ी (bāġī), बागी (bāgī), विद्रोही (vidrohī). See Rebel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rebel?
- Rebel can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rebel?
- Rebel is pronounced /ˈɹɛb.əl/.
- What is the plural of rebel?
- The plural of rebel is rebels.
Words near rebel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rebel (page history and authors); Rebel (page history and authors); rebel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); വിമതൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); rebel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rebel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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