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reb·el
noun
noun: rebel; plural noun: rebels
ˈrebəl/
1.
a person who rises in opposition or armed
resistance against an established government or ruler.
"Tory rebels"
synonyms: revolutionary, insurgent, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, guerrilla, terrorist, freedom fighter
"the rebels took control of the capital"
insurgent, revolutionary, mutinous,
rebellious, insurrectionary,
insurrectionist, renegade
"rebel troops"
a person who resists [authority, control, or convention.]
synonyms: nonconformist, dissenter, dissident, revolutionary,
iconoclast, maverick; informal: [bad boy]
"the concept of the artist as a rebel"
verb: rebel; 3rd person present: rebels; past tense:
rebelled; past participle: rebelled;
gerund or present participle: rebelling
reˈbəl/ 1. rise in opposition or armed resistance
to an established government or ruler.
"the Earl of Pembroke ( ) subsequently rebelled
against Henry III"
synonyms: ( ) revolt, mutiny, riot, rise up,
take up arms, stage/mount a
rebellion, be insubordinate
"the citizens rebelled" (of a person)
resist all [authority,
control & convention.]
"respect did ( ) not prevent the
children
from rebelling against their parents"
synonyms: defy, disobey, refuse to obey,
( ) kick against, challenge, oppose, resist, revolt
"teenagers are always rebelling against their parents"
antonyms: [obey...]
show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something.
"as I came over the hill my legs rebelled—I could walk
no further"
synonyms: recoil, show / feel repugnance;
revolution "his stomach rebelled at the thought of food"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French rebelle (noun),
rebeller (verb), from Latin rebellis (used
originally with reference
to a fresh declaration
of war by the defeated), based on bellum ‘war.’
Translate rebel to adjective: 1. rebel / 2. kryengritës
noun 1. rebel / 2. banor i shtetëve jugore
verb 1. ngre krye / 2. rebelohem
con·form·ist
kənˈfôrməst/ noun
noun: . . conformist; plural noun:
conformists
1. a person who conforms [to accepted behavior]
or established practices.
synonyms: traditionalist, conservative,
stickler, formalist, die-hard, reactionary;
informal: [stick-in-the-mud,
stuffed shirt], fascist
"he was too much
of a conformist
to wear anything but a suit"
antonyms: eccentric,
rebel
BRITISH historical
a person who conforms to the practices
of the Church of England.
adjective: conformist
1. (of a person or activity) conforming
to accepted behavior or established practices;
conventional.
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