a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.

a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.

of or characteristic of an insurgent or insurgents.

surging or rushing in

The insurgent waves battered the shore.

adjective

obedient , subordinate

adjective

anarchical , contumacious , disobedient , factious , insubordinate , insurrectionary , mutinous , revolting , revolutionary , riotous , seditious

noun

agitator , anarch , anarchist , demonstrator , frondeur , insurrectionist , malcontent , mutineer , radical , resister , revolter , revolutionary , revolutionist , rioter , insurrectionary , dissident , insubordinate , mutinous , rebel , rebellious , revolting