a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.

a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.

rebellious; defiant.

of or pertaining to rebels.

to reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler.

to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.

to show or feel utter repugnance

His very soul rebelled at spanking the child.

adjective

complaisant , compliant , obedient

verb

agree , comply , obey

adjective

insubordinate , insurgent , insurrectionary , mutinous , rebellious , revolutionarynotes:to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one\'s own , anarchical , defiant , disaffected , fractious , malcontent , perverse , recalcitrant , refractory , restive , seditious , stubborn , unruly

noun

agitator , anarchist , antagonist , apostate , demagogue , deserter , disectarian , dissenter , experientialist , experimenter , frondeur , guerrilla , heretic , iconoclast , independent , individualist , innovator , insurgent , insurrectionary , malcontent , mutineer , nihilist , nonconformist , opponent , overthrower , recreant , renegade , resistance , revolter , revolutionary , revolutionist , rioter , schismatic , secessionist , seditionist , separatist , subverter , traitor , turncoatnotes:to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one\'s own , insurrectionist , dissident , firebrand , incendiary , radical , recusant , sansculotte , subversive , turncoat , young turk

verb

be insubordinate , boycott , break with * , censure , combat , come out against , criticize , defy , denounce , disobey , dissent , drop out * , fight , get out of line , insurrect , make waves , mutiny , oppose , opt out , overthrow , overturn , remonstrate , renounce , resist , revolt , riot , rise up , rock the boat * , run amok , secede , strike , take up arms , turn against , upsetnotes:to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one\'s own , rise , adversary , anarchist , antagonist , arise , demagogue , dissenter , iconoclast , insubordinate , insurgent , mutineer , nonconformist , radical , recusant , renegade , revolutionary , revolutionist