renegade

Meaning

Noun

1. An outlaw or rebel.
2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

Verb

To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.

Adj

1. Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
2. (broadly) Unconventional, unorthodox.

Synonyms

apostate

recreant

deserter

turncoat

rebel

disloyal

insurgent

tergiversator

thug

traitor

traitorous

treacherous

backslider

ratter

unfaithful

criminal

desperado

defector

hoodlum

crook

mutiny

outlaw

perfidious

punic

quitter

raging

rebellious

revolt

rise up

schismatical

seceder

secessionist

shoddy

sneaky

treasonable

treasonous

tricksy

twister

rebellious elements

betrayer

deceitful

defect

delusory

desert

🏜️

devious

disingenuous

double-crosser

double-dealing

duplicitous

faithless

Translations

renégat

renegado

rinnegato

renegado

afvallige

apostata

apóstata

Überläufer

αρνησίθρησκος

αποστάτης

Renegat

renegaat

apostat

overloper

traditore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪd/

Etymology

From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.