## Meanings
1. A person who fights against or refuses to obey those in power.
2. To fight against or refuse to obey an authority.
3. Someone who acts very independently and rejects normal rules.

## Examples
- A group of rebels defied the general's orders.
- The students rebelled against the strict new rules.
- As a teenager he was a bit of a rebel.

## Synonyms
- defy
- renegade

## Antonyms
- obey
- submit

## Derived Forms
- antirebel
- euro-rebel
- nonrebel
- nonrebelling
- reb
- rebeldom
- rebeless
- rebelhood
- rebellike
- rebelly
- rebelsome
- unrebelling

## Related Forms
- rebellion
- rebellious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rebel
- Root: rebelle
- Root: rebellis

## Etymology
From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”).

## AI Etymology
Rebel comes from Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”). Modern senses include a person who fights against or refuses to obey those in power. and to fight against or refuse to obey an authority.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirebel, euro-rebel, nonrebel, nonrebelling, reb, and rebeldom and related forms such as rebellion and rebellious.

## Topics
- People & Society

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