name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rebel
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rĕbʹəl
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/ˈɹɛb.əl/
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Australian: /ˈɹeb.əl/
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rĭ-bĕlʹ
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/ɹɪˈbɛl/
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Australian: /ɹɪˈbel/
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rhymes with -ɛl
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CMU ARPABET: R EH1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: R IH0 B EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malcontent, renegade
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Confederate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A Confederate soldier; of the American Civil War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Johnny Reb, Reb
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- to rebel against the system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To forcefully subvert the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist, revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter
Narrower terms: mutineer, Young Turk, Turner, Nat Turner, Vesey, Denmark Vesey, Wallace, Sir William Wallace
noun
Meaning 8
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maverick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonconformist, recusant
noun
Meaning 9
`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Confederate soldier
verb
Meaning 10
take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arise, rise, rise up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protest, resist, dissent
Narrower terms: revolt, mutiny
verb
Meaning 11
break with established customs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renegade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protest, resist, dissent
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German 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.
Across languages
Translations
215 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Arabic: مُتَمَرِّد (mutamarrid) — person who resists an established authority
- Arabic: مُتَمَرِّدَة (mutamarrida) — person who resists an established authority
- Arabic: ثَائِر (ṯāʔir) — person who resists an established authority
- Arabic: عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin) — person who resists an established authority
- Armenian: ապստամբ (apstamb) — person who resists an established authority
- Azerbaijani: üsyançı — person who resists an established authority
- Azerbaijani: qiyamçı — person who resists an established authority
- Belarusian: бунтаўшчы́к (buntawščýk) — person who resists an established authority
- Belarusian: паўста́нец (pawstánjec) — person who resists an established authority
- Belarusian: бунта́р (buntár) — person who resists an established authority
- Bengali: বিদ্রোহী (bidrōhi) — person who resists an established authority
- Bulgarian: бунто́вник (buntóvnik) — person who resists an established authority
- Bulgarian: бунта́р (buntár) — person who resists an established authority
- Bulgarian: въста́ник (vǎstánik) — person who resists an established authority
- Bulgarian: мете́жник (metéžnik) — person who resists an established authority
- Burmese: သူပုန် (supun) — person who resists an established authority
- Catalan: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Chinese Mandarin: 反叛者 (fǎnpànzhě) — person who resists an established authority
- Chinese Mandarin: 起義者 /起义者 (qǐyìzhě) — person who resists an established authority
- Czech: povstalec — person who resists an established authority
- Czech: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Czech: buřič — person who resists an established authority
- Czech: vzbouřenec — person who resists an established authority
- Danish: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Danish: oprører — person who resists an established authority
- Dutch: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Dutch: opstandeling — person who resists an established authority
- Egyptian: s-b-i-U39-A13 (sbj) — person who resists an established authority
- Esperanto: ribelulo — person who resists an established authority
- Estonian: mässaja — person who resists an established authority
- Estonian: vastuhakkaja — person who resists an established authority
- Finnish: kapinallinen — person who resists an established authority
- Finnish: niskoittelija — person who resists an established authority
- Finnish: niskuri — person who resists an established authority
- French: rebelle — person who resists an established authority
- Georgian: მეამბოხე (meamboxe) — person who resists an established authority
- Georgian: მეჯანყე (meǯanq̇e) — person who resists an established authority
- German: Rebell — person who resists an established authority
- German: Aufrührer — person who resists an established authority
- Greek: αντάρτης (antártis) — person who resists an established authority
- Ancient Greek: ἀντάρτης (antártēs) — person who resists an established authority
- Hebrew: מוֹרֵד (moréd) — person who resists an established authority
- Hindi: बाग़ी (bāġī) — person who resists an established authority
- Hindi: बागी (bāgī) — person who resists an established authority
- Hindi: विद्रोही (vidrohī) — person who resists an established authority
- Hindi: द्रोही (drohī) — person who resists an established authority
- Hungarian: lázadó — person who resists an established authority
- Icelandic: uppreisnarmaður — person who resists an established authority
- Indonesian: pendurhaka — person who resists an established authority
- Indonesian: pembangkang — person who resists an established authority
- Indonesian: pemberontak — person who resists an established authority
- Italian: ribelle — person who resists an established authority
- Japanese: 反逆者 (hangyakusha) — person who resists an established authority
- Kazakh: бүлікші (bülıkşı) — person who resists an established authority
- Kazakh: көтерілісші (köterılısşı) — person who resists an established authority
- Khmer: កុបករ (kopaʼkɑɑ) — person who resists an established authority
- Khmer: អ្នកបះបោរ (nĕək bah bao) — person who resists an established authority
- Korean: 반역자 (banyeokja) — person who resists an established authority
- Northern Kurdish: isyanker — person who resists an established authority
- Northern Kurdish: serhildêr — person who resists an established authority
- Kyrgyz: козголоңчу (kozgoloŋcu) — person who resists an established authority
- Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүшчү (kötörülüşcü) — person who resists an established authority
- Lao: ກະບົດ (ka bot) — person who resists an established authority
- Latin: rebellis — person who resists an established authority
- Latvian: nemiernieks — person who resists an established authority
- Latvian: dumpinieks — person who resists an established authority
- Lithuanian: maištininkas — person who resists an established authority
- Lithuanian: maištininkė — person who resists an established authority
- Lithuanian: sukilėlis — person who resists an established authority
- Lithuanian: sukilėlė — person who resists an established authority
- Macedonian: бунтовник (buntovnik) — person who resists an established authority
- Macedonian: востаник (vostanik) — person who resists an established authority
- Malay: pemberontak — person who resists an established authority
- Māori: kaiwhana — person who resists an established authority
- Māori: hauhau — person who resists an established authority
- Marathi: बंडखोर (baṇḍkhor) — person who resists an established authority
- Mon: ညးသပုန် — person who resists an established authority
- Mongolian: босогч (bosogč) — person who resists an established authority
- Norman: révolté — person who resists an established authority
- Norwegian Bokmål: opprører — person who resists an established authority
- Norwegian Bokmål: rebell — person who resists an established authority
- Norwegian Nynorsk: opprørar — person who resists an established authority
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rebell — person who resists an established authority
- Pashto: باغي (bāǧi) — person who resists an established authority
- Persian: شورشی (šureši) — person who resists an established authority
- Persian: یاغی (bâġi) — person who resists an established authority
- Polish: buntownik — person who resists an established authority
- Polish: buntowniczka — person who resists an established authority
- Polish: powstaniec — person who resists an established authority
- Portuguese: rebelde — person who resists an established authority
- Romanian: rebel — person who resists an established authority
- Romanian: rebelă — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: бунтовщи́к (buntovščík) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: бунтовщи́ца (buntovščíca) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: повста́нец (povstánec) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: мяте́жник (mjatéžnik) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: мяте́жница (mjatéžnica) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: бунта́рь (buntárʹ) — person who resists an established authority
- Russian: бунта́рка (buntárka) — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: побуњѐнӣк — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: побуњѐница — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀станӣк — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀станица — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: бу̀нто̄внӣк — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: бу̀нто̄вница — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: pobunjènīk — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: pobunjènica — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: ùstanīk — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: ùstanica — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: bùntōvnīk — person who resists an established authority
- Serbo-Croatian: bùntōvnica — person who resists an established authority
- Slovak: povstalec — person who resists an established authority
- Slovak: burič — person who resists an established authority
- Slovak: vzbúrenec — person who resists an established authority
- Slovene: upornik — person who resists an established authority
- Spanish: rebelde — person who resists an established authority
- Swahili: mwasi — person who resists an established authority
- Swedish: rebell — person who resists an established authority
- Swedish: upprorsman — person who resists an established authority
- Tajik: шӯришгар (šürišgar) — person who resists an established authority
- Tajik: исёнгар (isyongar) — person who resists an established authority
- Tajik: балвогар (balvogar) — person who resists an established authority
- Tajik: исёнкор (isyonkor) — person who resists an established authority
- Thai: กบฏ (gà-bòt) — person who resists an established authority
- Turkish: isyancı — person who resists an established authority
- Turkmen: gozgalaňçy — person who resists an established authority
- Ukrainian: бунтівни́к (buntivnýk) — person who resists an established authority
- Ukrainian: повста́нець (povstánecʹ) — person who resists an established authority
- Ukrainian: бунта́р (buntár) — person who resists an established authority
- Urdu: باغی (bāġī) — person who resists an established authority
- Uyghur: ئىسيانچى (isyanchi) — person who resists an established authority
- Uyghur: غەلىيانچى (gheliyanchi) — person who resists an established authority
- Uzbek: isyonchi — person who resists an established authority
- Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolonchi — person who resists an established authority
- Vietnamese: người nổi loạn — person who resists an established authority
- Vietnamese: người phiến loạn — person who resists an established authority
- Welsh: gwrthryfelwr — person who resists an established authority
- Yiddish: רעבעל (rebel) — person who resists an established authority
- Yiddish: אויפֿשטאַנדלער (oyfshtandler) — person who resists an established authority
- Yiddish: אויפֿשטענדלער (oyfshtendler) — person who resists an established authority
- Yiddish: בונטאָווניק (buntovnik) — person who resists an established authority
- Yiddish: בונטאַר (buntar) — person who resists an established authority
- Zazaki: isyankar — person who resists an established authority
- Zazaki: xoverdar — person who resists an established authority
- Arabic: تَمَرَّدَ (tamarrada) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Arabic: يَتَمَرَّدُ (yatamarradu) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Arabic: اتمرد (itmárrad) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Armenian: ապստամբել (apstambel) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Belarusian: бунтава́ць (buntavácʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Belarusian: бунтава́цца (buntavácca) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Belarusian: паўстава́ць (pawstavácʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Belarusian: паўста́ць (pawstácʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Bulgarian: бунту́вам се (buntúvam se) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Bulgarian: въста́вам (vǎstávam) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Bulgarian: въста́на (vǎstána) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Chinese Mandarin: 反叛 (fǎnpàn) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Chinese Mandarin: 造反 (zàofǎn) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Chinese Mandarin: 反抗 (fǎnkàng) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Chinese Mandarin: 起義 /起义 (qǐyì) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Czech: bouřit se — to resist or become defiant towards
- Danish: rebel — to resist or become defiant towards
- Dutch: rebelleren — to resist or become defiant towards
- Dutch: opstaan — to resist or become defiant towards
- Egyptian: s-b-i-T14 (sbj) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Esperanto: ribeli — to resist or become defiant towards
- Finnish: kapinoida — to resist or become defiant towards
- Finnish: niskuroida — to resist or become defiant towards
- French: se rebeller — to resist or become defiant towards
- German: rebellieren — to resist or become defiant towards
- German: sich auflehnen — to resist or become defiant towards
- German: aufbegehren — to resist or become defiant towards
- Greek: επαναστατήσει (epanastatísei) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Hebrew: מָרַד (marád) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Hindi: विद्रोह (vidroh) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Hindi: द्रोह करना (droh karnā) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Hindi: विद्रोह करना (vidroh karnā) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Indonesian: memberontak — to resist or become defiant towards
- Indonesian: membangkang — to resist or become defiant towards
- Italian: ribellarsi — to resist or become defiant towards
- Japanese: 背く (somuku) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Japanese: 抗う (aragau) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Japanese: 反逆する (hangyaku suru) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Japanese: 反抗する (hankō suru) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Korean: 모반하다 (mobanhada) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Latin: rebellō — to resist or become defiant towards
- Lithuanian: maištauti — to resist or become defiant towards
- Māori: whana — to resist or become defiant towards
- Marathi: बंड करणे (baṇḍa karṇe) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Polish: buntować się — to resist or become defiant towards
- Portuguese: rebelar — to resist or become defiant towards
- Russian: бунтова́ть (buntovátʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Russian: взбунтова́ться (vzbuntovátʹsja) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Russian: восстава́ть (vosstavátʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Russian: восста́ть (vosstátʹ) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Scottish Gaelic: èirich — to resist or become defiant towards
- Serbo-Croatian: búniti — to resist or become defiant towards
- Serbo-Croatian: pobúniti — to resist or become defiant towards
- Slovak: búriť sa — to resist or become defiant towards
- Spanish: rebelarse — to resist or become defiant towards
- Swahili: kuasi — to resist or become defiant towards
- Swedish: göra uppror — to resist or become defiant towards
- Swedish: rebellera — to resist or become defiant towards
- Swedish: resa sig — to resist or become defiant towards
- Thai: ก่อกบฏ (gɔ̀ɔ-gà-bòt) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Thai: กบฏ (gà-bòt) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Turkish: isyan etmek — to resist or become defiant towards
- Turkish: ayaklanmak — to resist or become defiant towards
- Ottoman Turkish: قالقمق (kalkmak) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Ottoman Turkish: آیاقلانمق (ayaklanmak) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Ukrainian: бунтува́ти (buntuváty) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Ukrainian: повстава́ти (povstaváty) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Ukrainian: повста́ти (povstáty) — to resist or become defiant towards
- Welsh: gwrthryfela — to resist or become defiant towards
- Zazaki: isyan kerden — to resist or become defiant towards
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