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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
re
b l
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| definition 1: |
A rebel is someone who feels no loyalty to the government of their own country and fights against that government.
The rebels tried to overthrow the government of the king.- synonyms:
- revolutionary, traitor
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| definition 2: |
A rebel is someone who does not obey people who make the rules, or who fights against the rules of a society.
Max was a rebel as a teenager, and he was often in trouble for breaking the rules. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
rih
bel
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| inflections: |
rebels, rebelling, rebelled |
| definition 1: |
When people rebel, they fight against the people who are in control, or they refuse to obey their rules.
During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies rebelled against the British.- synonyms:
- revolt
- antonyms:
- conform
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| definition 2: |
If you rebel, you refuse to do something, or you show that you are against it.
When my dad tried to get my little sister to eat her carrots, she rebelled and threw them off her plate.My dog rebelled when I tried to make him beg for treats.- similar words:
- shrink
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| related words: |
disobey, revolt, rise |
Rebel comes from
bellum, the Latin word for "war." With the prefix "re-," it means "make war against."