insurgent

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Rebellious, opposing authority.
2. (not-comparable) Of water: surging or rushing in.

Noun

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

Synonyms

rebel

mutineer

rebellious

insurrectionist

rioter

seditious

guerilla

guerrilla

irregular

freedom fighter

revolutionary

mutinous

subversive

betrayer

insurrection

insurrectionary

mutiny

partisan

rebellion

renegade

revolt

traitor

treason

wicked

infiltrator

seditionary

iconoclastic

uprising

wanton

revolted

revolter

revolting

iconoclast

revolutionist

factious

riotous

riotously

seditionous

seditionously

double-crosser

seditiously

burglar

subverter

insurrectional

insubordinate

mobster

insolent

inflammatory

mutinously

thief

Translations

insurgé

insurgente

insorto

Rebell

αντάρτης

insurgente

rebelde

opstandeling

rebellis

Aufständische

aufständisch

ribelle

insurgent

مُتَمَرِّد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/

Etymology

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).