What is "insurgent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does insurgent mean in English? Meaning of insurgent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "insurgent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "insurgent": a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
  • Synonyms: freedom fighter insurgent insurrectionist rebel
  • Hyponyms: mutineer young turk
  • Hypernyms: crusader meliorist reformer reformist revolutionary revolutionist social reformer subversive subverter
  • Instance Hyponyms: denmark vesey nat turner sir william wallace turner vesey wallace
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɪnˈsəɹdʒənt/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/

    Meaning of "insurgent": in opposition to a civil authority or government

    Adjective

  • Meaning: in opposition to a civil authority or government
  • Synonyms: insurgent seditious subversive
  • Similar: disloyal
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɪnˈsəɹdʒənt/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/

    Meaning of "insurgent": a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

    Noun

  • Meaning: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
  • Synonyms: guerilla guerrilla insurgent irregular
  • Hyponyms: maquis maquisard urban guerrilla
  • Hypernyms: warrior
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɪnˈsəɹdʒənt/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/

  • Adjective: Rebellious, opposing authority. Motley The insurgent provinces.Motley The insurgent provinces.
  • Synonyms:

    revolutionary, contumacious, disobedient, factious, insubordinate, mutinous, revolting, riotous, seditious, insurrectionary, anarchical, revolutionary, radical, demonstrator, mutineer, insurrectionist, resister, agitator, revolutionist, anarchist, malcontent, rioter, anarch, frondeur, revolter,

    Antonyms:

    obedient, subordinate,

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