Defenition of the word insurgent
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Defenition of the word insurgent
- A soldier in a small independent group fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- a person who takes part in a rebellion in the hope of improving conditions
- in opposition to a civil authority or government
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Synonyms for the word insurgent
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- dissatisfied
- guerilla
- guerrilla
- insurrectionary
- insurrectionist
- irregular
- mutineer
- rebel
- rebellious
- revolutionary
- rising
- seditious
- subversive
- uprising
Similar words in the insurgent
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- disloyal
- insurgent
- insurgents
Meronymys for the word insurgent
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- guerilla force
- guerrilla force
Hyponyms for the word insurgent
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- Denmark Vesey
- Maquis
- Maquisard
- mutineer
- Nat Turner
- Sir William Wallace
- Turner
- urban guerrilla
- Vesey
- Wallace
- Young Turk
Hypernyms for the word insurgent
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- crusader
- meliorist
- reformer
- reformist
- resister
- revolutionary
- revolutionist
- social reformer
- subversive
- subverter
- warrior
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