Dictionary 1. (a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority\, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.2. (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel. Thesaurus agitator anarch anarchist brawler breakaway contumacious extreme extremist extremistic factious frondeur insubordinate insurrectionary insurrectionist insurrecto malcontent maverick mutineer mutineering mutinous nonconformist rebel rebellious revolter revolutional revolutionary revolutionist rioter riotous seditionary seditious subversive traitor traitorous treasonable turbulent |