insurrectionists

noun

plural of insurrectionist
as in rebels
a person who rises up against authority a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol

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Recent Examples of insurrectionists Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026 The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution. — Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026 Stephen Miller is now calling Minnesota protesters insurrectionists, while the January 6th mobs were considered peaceful protesters and tourists. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 The President and his advisers have called those opposing them in Minnesota radical lunatics, domestic terrorists, and outright insurrectionists. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026 The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 Fragoso asked of the insurrectionists. — EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025 Under Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, insurrectionists are banned from holding federal office. — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionists
  1. rebels
  2. insurgents
  3. revolutionaries
Noun
  • Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels set fire to Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia colony.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Smokejumpers kicked cargo destined for mountain villages in Vietnam, Hmong rebels in Laos, and Muslim dissidents in China.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • The insecurity landscape is also more chaotic because some groups, after initially being invited to help defend against insurgents, turned into terrorists, said Dengiyefa Angalapu, an analyst at the Center for Democracy and Development in Abuja.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Socialists have found a new footing in the party, with younger and more left-wing insurgents ousting older establishment figures to demand generational and ideological change.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries

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“Insurrectionists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionists. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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