revolt

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsrebellioninsurrectionrisinguprising

   Broaderconflict

   NarrowerinsurgencyintifadamutinyPeasant's RevoltIndian Mutiny

Other forms of revolt

plural

revolts·

past tense

revolted·

present participle

revolting·

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 revolt

What does revolt mean?

revolt means "make revolution". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in revolt?

revolt has 2 syllables: re-volt. The stress falls on "volt". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/.

What is another word for revolt?

Close synonyms include disgust, gross out, repel, disgust, nauseate. 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 revolt a common word?

revolt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 revolt?

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