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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
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- 1intransitive verb
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
- 2noun
One who rebels.
- 3intransitive verb
To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
- 4intransitive verb
To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
- 5noun
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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- 6noun
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
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- 7noun
`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
- 8verb
take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- 9verb
break with established customs
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