REBEL, REBELLION, REBELLIOUS
ADJECTIVES
1000 — RANK proud, high-minded, haughty; froward, rebellious → obs.
1300 — WANTON of persons: undisciplined, ungoverned; not amenable to control, unmanageable, rebellious; of children: naughty, unruly → obs.
1475 — REBELLANT rebellious → obs.
1488 — RENEGATE resisting lawful or established authority, rebellious
1500 — STANDFRA rebellious → obs.
1584 — MUTINE turbulent, mutinous; rebellious, unsubmissive → obs.
1586 — MALCONTENT discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected
1597 — PROSCRIBED proclaimed to be a rebel or outlaw, esp. one condemned to death
1603 — CONTUMACIOUS obstinately resisting authority; stubbornly perverse, insubordinate, rebellious
1621 — EFFRENABLE incapable of restraint, violently rebellious → obs.
1623 — IMMORIGEROUS unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude → obs.
1623 — REFRACTIVE rebellious, obstinate, stubborn → Sc. obs.
1624 — REFRACTARIOUS rebellious, unmanageable → obs.
1699 — WHIGGISH rebellious, seditious → sl., obs.
1705 — HORNED proclaimed a rebel; ‘put to the horn’ → Sc. law, obs.
1705 — REBELLY rebellious; inclined to rebellion
1737 — THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong → Sc.
1761 — REFRACTIOUS rebellious, obstinate
1822 — ANARCH wild, rebellious
1898 — FLY unrestrained or rebellious in one’s behaviour → US sl.
1951 — STROPPY rebellious, awkward, obstreperous, unruly, bad-tempered → colloq.
1994 — BUCK-WILD wild, rebellious, or destructive → African-American sl.
NOUNS
1384 — REBELTY rebellion → obs.
1550 — MUTINEWE popular disturbance or tumult; rebellion, mutiny → obs.
1560 — MUTINE popular disturbance or tumult; rebellion, mutiny → obs.
1606 — DICHOSTASY dissent; rebellion, factional difference → obs.
1629 — MUTINOUSNESS a being mutinous; rebelliousness
1648 — REBEL ROUT a rebellious or unruly mob
1650 — REVOLTURE rebellion; revolt → obs.
1826 — WHIGGERY rebellion → obs.
1838 — REBELRY behaviour characteristic of a rebel
1859 — REBELDOM rebellious behaviour → obs.
1922 — FITNA sedition, rebellion; social unrest or strife → Islam
1985 — INTIFADA a rebellion or uprising → chiefly referencing the Arab world
1997 — YOOT — YOUT rebellious, politically active young people → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1422 — RISER a person who rises up in revolt; a rebel → obs.
1542 — DISOBEISANT a rebel; a disobedient person → obs.
1549 — COMMOTIONER a person who stirs up tumult or rebellion → obs.
1569 — MUTINER a rebellious or mutinous person; a mutineer → obs.
1583 — ARCH-REBEL a chief rebel, a leader of rebellion
1586 — REBELLANT a rebel → obs.
1590 — HORNER a person who has been ‘put to the horn’ or declared a rebel → Sc. obs.
1591 — MUTINE a rebellious person; a mutineer → obs.
1611 — DISLOYAL a traitor; a rebel → obs.
1648 — ANARCHIST a revel against authority or established order
1654 — PROTO-REBEL a chief or principal rebel; a person who has the potential to become a rebel
1657 — REVOLTRESS a woman who revolts; a female rebel → obs.
1657 — SURGENT a person who rises in rebellion or opposition → obs.
1766 — INSURGENT a rebel who is not recognized as a belligerent; one who rises against constituted authority
1783 — BLUESKIN a zealous rebel → US sl., obs.
1788 — ANTI a rebel, a dissenter → sl.
1847 — FRONDEUR a malcontent; a political rebel
1855 — BAD GIRL a woman who defies expected or approved standards of conduct, esp. one who behaves in a wild, rebellious, or sexually provocative manner → colloq., orig. US
1860 — BAD BOY a man who does not conform to expected or approved standards of conduct; a rebel → colloq., orig. US
1860 — CRAWFISH a political turncoat or rebel → sl., orig. US
1863 — REBELESS a female rebel → Amer.
1887 — BUCKER a person who balks or rebels → Amer. dial.
1891 — TEAR-AWAY one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal
1896 — JACK-STRAW a low-born rebel → sl. (Bk.)
1899 — BUCKER a rebel, one who refuses to follow the party line → US sl.
1907 — INSURRECTO an insurgent or rebel
1908 — YOUNG TURK a person, usually a young one, who threatens to overthrow an established system or order; an active rebel or reformer → sl.
1952 — DOOMIE a criminally inclined teenage rebel → Aust. sl.
1970 — MAD DOG a rebel, a non-conformist, one who refuses to accept their role in society → African-American sl.
1980 — GANGSTER a rebellious, non-conformist person → African-American sl.
1991 — GANGSTA a rebellious, non-conformist person, who refuses to accept establishment (White) authority → African-American sl.
1996 — BAD NIGGER an African American who is rebellious and aggressive → very offensive unless used by African Americans
1997 — RUFF NECK a rebellious person → W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
1999 — BAD BWAI — BAD BWOY a villain, a criminal, a rebellious young male → W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
VERBS
1000 — ONRISE to rise up against → obs.
1382 — AGAIN-RISE to rise in rebellion against some; to rebel → obs.
1528 — SUSCITATE — SUSSITATE to stir up rebellion, dispute, etc.
1540 — MUTINE to rise in revolt against authority; to rebel, to mutiny → obs.
1592 — TURN TURK to become a renegade or rebel → sl.
1599 — GIGANTOMACHIZE to rise in rebellion like the giants against heaven; to rise in revolt against one’s betters → obs.
1609 — FACTION to act in a factious or rebellious spirit; to intrigue; to mutiny → obs.
1847 — BUCK UP TO to rebel against, to defy, to stand up to
1859 — BUCKLE UP to stand up to, to defy, to rebel → Amer. dial.
1893 — GO OVER ONE’S MOTHER’S THUMB to break from all control or authority; to rebel → Sc.