adj. 1 mutinous, rebellious, insurgent, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, radical, rebel, seditious, subversive They had dreamed for years of the revolutionary overthrow of the government 2 novel, innovative, creative, new, different, original, avant-garde The firm hopes that its revolutionary new product will make a clean sweep in the market-place
n. 3 rebel, mutineer, insurgent, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, revolutionist, sansculotte or sansculottist, anarchist, radical, extremist, terrorist In his younger days at university, Charles fancied himself a revolutionary, without quite knowing what he might rebel against