renegade

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈrɛnəˌɡeɪd/ UK /ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
a person who deserts a cause or group; a rebel

A band of renegades broke from the main army.

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1 noun · a person who deserts a... traitor rebel deserter apostate turncoat defector

Opposites

loyalistconformist

Word family

Related forms renegerenegado

Etymology

From Spanish renegado ('renegade, apostate'), past participle of renegar ('to deny, renounce'), from Medieval Latin renegare, from re- + negare ('to deny').

renegado Spanish renegare Latin negare Latin

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# renegade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈrɛnəˌɡeɪd
**IPA (UK):** ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd

## Meanings
1. a person who deserts a cause or group; a rebel

## Examples
- A band of renegades broke from the main army.

## Synonyms
- traitor
- rebel
- deserter
- apostate
- turncoat
- defector

## Antonyms
- loyalist
- conformist

## Related Forms
- renege
- renegado

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: renegado
- Root: renegare
- Root: negare

## Etymology
From Spanish renegado ('renegade, apostate'), past participle of renegar ('to deny, renounce'), from Medieval Latin renegare, from re- + negare ('to deny').

## AI Etymology
Renegade is from Spanish renegado ('renegade, apostate'), past participle of renegar ('to deny, renounce'), from Medieval Latin renegare, from re- + negare ('to deny'). Important recorded forms include renegado (Spanish), renegare (Latin), and negare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who deserts a cause or group; a rebel. The wider family includes related words such as renege and renegado.

## Topics
- People & Society

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