insurgent

1. 1.

   in opposition to a civil authority or government

   Synonymsseditioussubversive

   Similardisloyal

Other forms of insurgent

plural

insurgents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about insurgent

What does insurgent mean?

insurgent means "a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insurgent?

insurgent has 3 syllables: in-sur-gent. The stress falls on "sur". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɝdʒənt/.

What is another word for insurgent?

Close synonyms include insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel, guerrilla, guerilla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insurgent a common word?

insurgent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insurgent?

1 word rhymes with insurgent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.