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adjective

Definition of insurgentnext
as in revolutionary
taking part in a rebellion any insurgent soldiers will be dealt with harshly

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noun

in-ˈsər-jənt How to pronounce insurgent (audio)
as in rebel
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 insurgent
Adjective
Of course an insurgent political group can’t go shouting in the streets, and your friends and neighbors had better stay quiet, too. — Meredith Haggerty, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 The meeting comes as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces clash with insurgent fighters who seized the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday. — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Shawkat is a standout as an aspiring actress, enlisted to help at the role-playing facility, who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025 In recent years, the PKK has been limited to isolated attacks inside Turkey as the Turkish military, backed by armed drones, has pushed PKK insurgents increasingly across the mountainous border into Iraq. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insurgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgent
  1. revolutionary
  2. rebel
  3. rebellious
  4. traitorous
  5. treacherous
  6. mutinous
Adjective
  • The same is true of Ramaswamy, who seems to not realize that whatever revolutionary new drugs and treatments his biotech startups might produce will not simply appear magically in the marketplace ready to take on some of society’s most intractable diseases.
    — Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The trouble for Trump is that Columbia, despite its history of student activism, does not really fit the right-wing image of a revolutionary institution bent on D.E.I. indoctrination.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of revolutionary
Noun
  • Ooh, rendezvous with the hot rebel in the forest! 50.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Aiding the princess is a band of rebels led by the dashing Jonathan (Tony winner Andrew Burnap).
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebel
Adjective
  • On Wednesday, March 12, The Kardashians star was joined by her mother Kris Jenner for the latest episode of her Khloé in Wonderland podcast, where the two looked back at some of Khloé's rebellious childhood moments.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Mickey, tasked with keeping her rebellious sister in line, never had the opportunity to be a kid.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebellious
Adjective
  • But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.
    — Made by History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Definition of traitorous
Adjective
  • Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall before temperatures drop, travel in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.
    — Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards.
    — Passport by ForbesLife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of treacherous
Adjective
  • By the time Sandro Tonali walked into United’s box for a clear strike, only to hit the post, the atmosphere was mutinous.
    — Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi).
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 June 2024
Definition of mutinous

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