INSURGENTS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

insurgents

noun

plural of insurgent

as in rebels

a person who rises up against authority the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable

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Recent Examples of insurgents Gavroche and the insurgents of 1832—the wretched who became rioters—were ready to die defending a particular vision of the republic against the July Monarchy and the usurper Louis-Philippe. — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026 Ethiopia also accuses Eritrea of supporting insurgents and occupying Ethiopian territory, allegations the AP could not independently verify. — Khaled Kazziha, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Rwanda has acknowledged defensive â€œsecurity coordinationâ€� with the M23 insurgents, who have held large swaths of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo for more than a year. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026 How many insurgents were inspired to attack our troops by photos from Abu Ghraib prison? — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2026 They’re seen as oligarchs, as the people with wealth and power, controlling our lives—not as outsider insurgents. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 International sanctions persisted, and PF’s ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents continued their liberation war. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026 Rancho libertarians, like their Scotch-Irish cousins from another mother, are forever skeptical of government, respect insurgents who want to take on the establishment, love their people and subscribe to a bootstraps approach to life. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Politicians such as El-Sayed, Lawrence, Zohran Mamdani in New York and James Talarico in Texas are not Democratic insurgents. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The rebels recently seized more territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The rebels urged their forces to continue fighting and called on Tigrayans to support them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

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But unlike other Floridians of Cuban descent — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Valdes ended up defending Cuba’s socialist revolutionaries and officials who have killed, jailed, tortured, and censored numerous political enemies.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
In the Tenth Arrondissement of Paris, near the Canal Saint-Martin, a mural appeared, seemingly overnight, depicting the lycéens as heroic revolutionaries in a style that seemed equal parts Delacroix and Dragon Ball.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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