insurrection

1. 1.

   organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

   Synonymsrebellionrevoltrisinguprising

   Broaderconflict

   NarrowerinsurgencyintifadamutinyPeasant's RevoltIndian Mutiny

Other forms of insurrection

plural

insurrections·

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 insurrection

What does insurrection mean?

insurrection means "organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another".

How many syllables are in insurrection?

insurrection has 4 syllables: in-sur-rec-tion. The stress falls on "rec". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsɚˈɛkʃən/.

What is another word for insurrection?

Close synonyms include rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising. 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 insurrection a common word?

insurrection 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 insurrection?

3 words rhyme with insurrection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.