rebel

rebel is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
2. noun. One who rebels.
3. intransitive verb. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
4. intransitive verb. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
5. noun. a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

   Synonyms: insurgent, insurrectionist

6. noun. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

   Synonyms: maverick

7. noun. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

   Synonyms: greyback, johnny, reb

8. verb. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

   Synonyms: arise, rise

9. verb. break with established customs

   Synonyms: renegade

Synonyms

insurgent, insurrectionist, maverick, greyback, johnny, reb, arise, rise, renegade

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rebel:

blere

Common word forms

rebels, rebelly, rebelled, rebeller, rebelling

Words from these letters

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