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mutiny

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmju.tə.ni/
  • General-American, syncope: /ˈmjut.ni/
  • myo͞oʹtə-nē
  • myo͞otʹnē
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M Y UW1 T AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Violent commotion; tumult; strife.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To commit a mutiny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising

5

verb

Meaning 5

engage in a mutiny against an authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rebel, arise, rise, rise up

History

Etymology

From Middle French mutiner.

Across languages

Translations

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kryengritje — organized rebellion
  • Arabic: عِصْيَان (ʕiṣyān) — organized rebellion
  • Arabic: تَمَرُّد (tamarrud) — organized rebellion
  • Arabic: ثَوْرَة (ṯawra) — organized rebellion
  • Arabic: قِيَام (qiyām) — organized rebellion
  • Armenian: խռովություն (xṙovutʻyun) — organized rebellion
  • Azerbaijani: qiyam — organized rebellion
  • Azerbaijani: üsyan — organized rebellion
  • Belarusian: бунт (bunt) — organized rebellion
  • Belarusian: мяце́ж (mjacjéž) — organized rebellion
  • Bengali: বিদ্রোহ (bidrōho) — organized rebellion
  • Bulgarian: бунт (bunt) — organized rebellion
  • Bulgarian: мете́ж (metéž) — organized rebellion
  • Burmese: တပ်တွင်းပုန်ကန်မှု (taptwang:punkanhmu.) — organized rebellion
  • Burmese: ပုန်ကန်မှု (punkanhmu.) — organized rebellion
  • Catalan: motí — organized rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叛變 /叛变 (pànbiàn) — organized rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 譁變 /哗变 (huábiàn) — organized rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴動 /暴动 (bàodòng) — organized rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴亂 /暴乱 (bàoluàn) — organized rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵變 /兵变 (bīngbiàn) — organized rebellion
  • Czech: vzpoura — organized rebellion
  • Danish: mytteri — organized rebellion
  • Danish: oprør — organized rebellion
  • Dutch: muiterij — organized rebellion
  • Estonian: mäss — organized rebellion
  • Finnish: kapina — organized rebellion
  • French: révolte — organized rebellion
  • French: mutinerie — organized rebellion
  • Georgian: ამბოხი (amboxi) — organized rebellion
  • German: Meuterei — organized rebellion
  • Greek: ανταρσία (antarsía) — organized rebellion
  • Greek: κίνημα (kínima) — organized rebellion
  • Greek: στάση (stási) — organized rebellion
  • Hebrew: מֶרֶד (méred) — organized rebellion
  • Hindi: बग़ावत (baġāvat) — organized rebellion
  • Hindi: ग़दर (ġadar) — organized rebellion
  • Hindi: सरकशी (sarkaśī) — organized rebellion
  • Hindi: विद्रोह (vidroh) — organized rebellion
  • Hungarian: lázadás — organized rebellion
  • Hungarian: zendülés — organized rebellion
  • Icelandic: uppreisn — organized rebellion
  • Indonesian: dahagi — organized rebellion
  • Ingrian: buntta — organized rebellion
  • Italian: ammutinamento — organized rebellion
  • Japanese: 暴動 (bōdō) — organized rebellion
  • Japanese: 反乱 (hanran) — organized rebellion
  • Japanese: 下剋上 (gekokujō) — organized rebellion
  • Kazakh: бүлік (bülık) — organized rebellion
  • Kazakh: бүліншілік (bülınşılık) — organized rebellion
  • Kazakh: көтеріліс (köterılıs) — organized rebellion
  • Khmer: សង្កុបកម្ម (sangkopaʼkam) — organized rebellion
  • Khmer: ឧទ្ទាមកម្ម (ʼuttiəm kam) — organized rebellion
  • Korean: 폭동 (pokdong) — organized rebellion
  • Korean: 반란 (ballan) — organized rebellion
  • Korean: 하극상 (hageuksang) — organized rebellion
  • Northern Kurdish: şoreş — organized rebellion
  • Northern Kurdish: îsyan — organized rebellion
  • Kyrgyz: козголоң (kozgoloŋ) — organized rebellion
  • Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүш (kötörülüş) — organized rebellion
  • Lao: ກະບົດ (ka bot) — organized rebellion
  • Latin: sēditiō — organized rebellion
  • Latvian: dumpis — organized rebellion
  • Lithuanian: maištas — organized rebellion
  • Lithuanian: sukilimas — organized rebellion
  • Macedonian: бунт (bunt) — organized rebellion
  • Macedonian: побуна (pobuna) — organized rebellion
  • Malay: dahagi — organized rebellion
  • Māori: whananga — organized rebellion
  • Mongolian: бослого (boslogo) — organized rebellion
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (bosulɣ-a) — organized rebellion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mytteri — organized rebellion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mytteri — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: شورش (šoreš) — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: سرکشي (sarkaši) — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: عصيان ('osyān) — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: بلوا (balwā) — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: بغاوت (baǧāwat) — organized rebellion
  • Pashto: قيام (qeyām) — organized rebellion
  • Persian: شورِش (šureš) — organized rebellion
  • Persian: عِصیان ('esyân) — organized rebellion
  • Persian: سَرکَشی (sarkaši) — organized rebellion
  • Persian: بَغاوَت (baġâvat) — organized rebellion
  • Persian: قیام (qiyâm) — organized rebellion
  • Polish: bunt — organized rebellion
  • Polish: rewolta — organized rebellion
  • Portuguese: rebelião — organized rebellion
  • Portuguese: revolta — organized rebellion
  • Portuguese: motim — organized rebellion
  • Portuguese: motinada — organized rebellion
  • Portuguese: sedição — organized rebellion
  • Punjabi: ਗਦਰ (gadar) — organized rebellion
  • Romanian: revoltă — organized rebellion
  • Russian: бунт (bunt) — organized rebellion
  • Russian: мяте́ж (mjatéž) — organized rebellion
  • Russian: восста́ние (vosstánije) — organized rebellion
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу́на — organized rebellion
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏буна — organized rebellion
  • Serbo-Croatian: búna — organized rebellion
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍbuna — organized rebellion
  • Slovak: vzbura — organized rebellion
  • Slovene: upor — organized rebellion
  • Spanish: motín — organized rebellion
  • Spanish: sedición — organized rebellion
  • Spanish: guasábara — organized rebellion
  • Swedish: myteri — organized rebellion
  • Swedish: uppror — organized rebellion
  • Swedish: resning — organized rebellion
  • Tagalog: balwat — organized rebellion
  • Tajik: исён (isyon) — organized rebellion
  • Tajik: саркашӣ (sarkaši) — organized rebellion
  • Tajik: балво (balvo) — organized rebellion
  • Tajik: бағоват (baġovat) — organized rebellion
  • Tatar: күтәрелеш (kütäreleş) — organized rebellion
  • Telugu: తిరుగుబాటు (tirugubāṭu) — organized rebellion
  • Thai: กบฏ (gà-bòt) — organized rebellion
  • Thai: ขบถ (kà-bòt) — organized rebellion
  • Turkish: isyan — organized rebellion
  • Ottoman Turkish: زوربهلق (zorbalık) — organized rebellion
  • Turkmen: gozgalaň — organized rebellion
  • Ukrainian: бунт (bunt) — organized rebellion
  • Ukrainian: за́колот (zákolot) — organized rebellion
  • Urdu: سَرکَشی (sarkaśī) — organized rebellion
  • Urdu: عِصْیان ('isyān) — organized rebellion
  • Urdu: غَدَر (ġadar) — organized rebellion
  • Urdu: بَغاوَت (baġāvat) — organized rebellion
  • Uyghur: ئىسيان (isyan) — organized rebellion
  • Uzbek: isyon — organized rebellion
  • Uzbek: gʻalayon — organized rebellion
  • Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolon — organized rebellion
  • Vietnamese: nổi loạn — organized rebellion
  • Vietnamese: phiến loạn — organized rebellion
  • Vietnamese: dấy loạn — organized rebellion
  • Welsh: gwrthgodiad — organized rebellion
  • Welsh: gwrthgodiadau — organized rebellion
  • Armenian: ըմբոստանալ (əmbostanal) — commit mutiny
  • Bulgarian: бунтувам се (buntuvam se) — commit mutiny
  • Catalan: amotinar — commit mutiny
  • Dutch: muiten — commit mutiny
  • Finnish: kapinoida — commit mutiny
  • French: faire revolte — commit mutiny
  • Greek: στασιάζω (stasiázo) — commit mutiny
  • Italian: ammutinarsi — commit mutiny
  • Latin: seditionem coeptabat — commit mutiny
  • Latin: faciō sēditiōnem — commit mutiny
  • Macedonian: бу́нтува (búntuva) — commit mutiny
  • Macedonian: се бу́нтува (se búntuva) — commit mutiny
  • Macedonian: се бу́ни (se búni) — commit mutiny
  • Māori: whana — commit mutiny
  • Portuguese: amotinar — commit mutiny
  • Russian: бунтова́ть (buntovátʹ) — commit mutiny
  • Russian: взбунтова́ться (vzbuntovátʹsja) — commit mutiny
  • Russian: восстава́ть (vosstavátʹ) — commit mutiny
  • Russian: восста́ть (vosstátʹ) — commit mutiny
  • Spanish: amotinarse — commit mutiny
  • Welsh: gwrthryfela — commit mutiny
Real reading context

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