rebel¹

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɹɛb.əl/ UK /ˈɹɛb.əl/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: rebel² /ɹɪˈbɛl/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
A person who fights against or refuses to obey those in power.

A group of rebels defied the general's orders.
2

noun
Someone who acts very independently and rejects normal rules.

As a teenager he was a bit of a rebel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who fights against... insurgent

2 noun · someone who acts very... maverick

Word family

Forms rebelledrebellingrebels

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”).

Topics

People & Society

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