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Insurgent
Insurgent
in·sur·gent
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Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a person involved in a violent rebellion or revolt against an established authority; a rebel;
e.g. The embassy was attacked by armed insurgents.
(adjective)
rebellious and rising in revolt;
e.g. An insurgent attack on the embassy.
Similar Words
Anarch
Anarchist
Come-outer
Defier
Demagogic
Demonstrator
Dropout
Insubordinate
Marcher
Monkeyish
Mutineer
Mutinous
Noncooperative
Oppositionist
Rebel
Rebellious
Red
Reformer
Refusenik
Resister
Retentive
Revolutionary
Secessionist
Separatist
Unamenable
Uncooperative
Undisciplined
Wrongheaded
Opposite Words
Acquiescent
Amenable
Biddable
Compliant
Conformable
Constant
Devoted
Docile
Law-abiding
Loyal
Loyalist
Obedient
Obsequious
Passive
Patriot
Placable
Resigned
Ruly
Stanch
Staunch
Steadfast
Submissive
Subservient
Supine
Supporter
Tolerant
Tractable
True
True-blue
Unresistant
Yielding
Related Words
Adamant
Agitator
Anarch
Anarchist
Apostate
Balky
Contrary
Contumacious
Crazy
Deaf
Defiant
Defier
Demagogic
Demagogue
Discontent
Disobedient
Errant
Exciter
Firebrand
Froward
Hard
Incendiary
Incompliant
Insubordinate
Intractable
Intransigent
Malcontent
Mischievous
Obdurate
Obstinate
Obstreperous
Oppositionist
Pertinacious
Perverse
Rabble-rouser
Radical
Rebel
Rebellious
Recalcitrant
Recreant
Recusant
Refractory
Renegade
Resistant
Resister
Restive
Revolutionary
Seditious
Stubborn
Traitorous
Treacherous
Unbending
Ungovernable
Unruly
Untoward
Unyielding
Wayward
Willful
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