INSURRECTIONIST Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

insurrectionist

noun

Definition of insurrectionist

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol

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Recent Examples of insurrectionist Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026 The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution. — Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026 Stephen Miller is now calling Minnesota protesters insurrectionists, while the January 6th mobs were considered peaceful protesters and tourists. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 The President and his advisers have called those opposing them in Minnesota radical lunatics, domestic terrorists, and outright insurrectionists. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026 The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different. — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025

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The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for oil shipments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for Gulf oil shipments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Raman, who now occupies the insurgent role in the race, seemed to see the fires less as an indictment of the system than of Bass.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 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

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