oppositionist

noun

Definition of oppositionistnext
as in challenger

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Recent Examples of oppositionist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a Sunni Islamist umbrella group of oppositionist forces with ideological and organizational roots in al-Qaeda. — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 Within Russia, the oppositionists’ challenges are far greater. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024 Russian oppositionists in exile face nearly insurmountable challenges. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppositionist
  1. rebel
  2. insurgent
  3. resister
  4. revolutionist
  5. anarchist
  6. revolutionary
  7. mutineer
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
Noun
  • While Syria's new rulers -- led by the Islamist former insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham -- have pursued IS cells since taking power, some fear a breakdown in overall security that could allow the group to stage a resurgence.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Turkey, a close ally of Mr. al-Shara’s rebel group, has for years sought to curb the power of the Syrian Democratic Forces, maintaining that the militia is linked to Kurdish separatist insurgents inside Turkey.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Much depends on whether state authorities can outmaneuver the protesters and sow division in their ranks, perhaps even provoking nonviolent resisters to abandon their protests and strikes, lose their discipline and unity, and take up arms in response to repression.
    — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
  • In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of resister
Noun
  • And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.
    — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.
    — Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Definition of revolutionist
Noun
  • And the Shelton factory would not have been on even the most inept anarchist’s to-hit list.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The plutocrats and anarchists of the Gilded Age The novelist who explored the edges of normalcy Play/Pause Button Pause If current trends hold, each generation in Korea will be a third the size of the previous one.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of anarchist
Noun
  • Born This Way Governed by eccentric Uranus — the planet of individuality, rebellion and unexpected breakthroughs — Aquarius is often considered the revolutionary of the zodiac.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Showrunner Tony Gilroy highlighted the film’s scale and ordinary characters, from Imperial overlords to passionate revolutionaries, in a statement Monday.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of revolutionary
Noun
  • He’s been with them since the beginning, proving himself as a loyal friend and a valuable mutineer.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
    — Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of mutineer

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“Oppositionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppositionist. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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