n. 25B6; noun
the rebels took control of the capital : REVOLUTIONARY, insurgent, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, guerrilla, terrorist, freedom fighter.
the concept of the artist as a rebel : NONCONFORMIST, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, maverick.
25B6; verb
the citizens rebelled : REVOLT, mutiny, riot, rise up, take up arms, stage/mount a rebellion, be insubordinate.
his stomach rebelled at the thought of food : RECOIL, show/feel repugnance.
teenagers rebelling against their parents : DEFY, disobey, refuse to obey, kick against, challenge, oppose, resist.
obey.
25B6; adjective
rebel troops : INSURGENT, revolutionary, mutinous, rebellious, insurrectionary, insurrectionist.
rebel MPs : REBELLIOUS, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, subversive, resistant, recalcitrant; nonconformist, maverick, iconoclastic; archaic contumacious.
compliant.