renegade
Syllables: re·ne·gade/ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd//ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/
renegade noun: an outlaw or rebel.
Noun
renegade (plural renegades)
- An outlaw or rebel.
- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
- Synonyms:
- apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser, quisling, rat
Verb
renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)
- To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
- The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, volume 3, page 740
- Synonyms:
- apostatize, defect, quisle, traitorize, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up
Adjective
renegade (comparative more renegade, superlative most renegade)
- Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
- Synonyms:
- faithless, perfidious, ratlike, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced
- Unconventional, unorthodox.
- Synonyms:
- atypical, heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox
renegade meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
renegade in Urdu
- بےوفا, بھگوڑا, دہریا, غدار
renegade in Bengali
- দলত্যাগী, বিশ্বাসঘাতক
renegade in Malayalam
- defector, traitor, deserter
- സ്വപക്ഷത്യാഗി, സ്വപക്ഷത്തുനിന്നു മാറുന്നവൻ, വിശ്വാസഘാതകൻ, രാജ്യദ്രോഹി, വേദശവിരുദ്ധൻ, വിശ്വാസപാതകി
- heretic, apostate, dissenter
- ധർമ്മഭ്രഷ്ടൻ, മതനിന്ദകൻ, നാസ്തികൻ, വിധർമ്മവാദി, പാഷണ്ഡൻ, മതവിരോധി
- traitorous, treacherous, disloyal
- വിശ്വാസഘാതകനായ, ചതിക്കുന്ന, ഒറ്റുകൊടുക്കുന്ന, രാജ്യദ്രോഹിയായ, കൂറില്ലാത്ത, രാജഭക്തിയില്ലാത്ത
- heretic, apostate, heretical
- ധർമ്മഭ്രഷ്ടനായ, സമ്വതത്യാഗിയായ, വിമതനായ, വിശാസത്യാഗിയായ, നാസ്തികനായ, മതനിന്ദകനായ
renegade in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮತ್ಯಾಗಿ, ಧರ್ಮಭ್ರಷ್ಟ, ಅನ್ಯಮತಾವಲಂಬಿ, ತತ್ವಭ್ರಷ್ಟ
Examples of renegade in a sentence
- He was considered a renegade in journalism until he won the Pulitzer Prize, but now he is the king of the hill.
- A renegade timelord from the future who liked to meddle with history?
- He used renegades.Various misleading data by means of circuits etc. were placed in the implants.
Synonyms of renegade
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- recreant
- serpent
- snake
- snake in the grass
- traitor
- treasonist
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- apostatize
- defect
- quisle
- traitorize
- assfuck
- betray
- burn
- cop out
- cross out
- cross up
- double-cross
- do someone dirty
- do the dirty on
- go back on
- knife
- let down
- play someone false
- sell
- sell the pass
- sell down the river
- sell down
- sell out
- stab in the back
Forms of renegade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | renegades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | renegades |
| present participle | renegading |
| past participle | renegaded |
| past | renegaded |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more renegade |
| superlative | most renegade |
Origin of renegade
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege.
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Questions about renegade
- What does renegade mean?
- Renegade means an outlaw or rebel.
- What is renegade in Urdu?
- Renegade in Urdu is بےوفا, بھگوڑا, دہریا. See Renegade meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is renegade?
- Renegade can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce renegade?
- Renegade is pronounced /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of renegade?
- The plural of renegade is renegades.
Words near renegade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: renegade (page history and authors); renegade (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renegade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renegade (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); renegade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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