rebel

1. 1.

   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

   Synonymsariseriserise up

   Broaderprotest

   Narrowerrevoltmutiny
2. 2.

   break with established customs

   Synonymsrenegade

   Broaderprotest

Other forms of rebel

plural

rebels·

past tense or participle

rebelled

present participle

rebelling

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 rebel

What does rebel mean?

rebel means "`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". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rebel?

rebel has 2 syllables: reb-el. The stress falls on "reb". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛbəl/.

What is another word for rebel?

Close synonyms include Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback, insurgent. 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 rebel a common word?

rebel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.