mutineer
Sailor against captain
A mutineer is someone who participates in a mutiny—an open rebellion against authority, especially by sailors or soldiers against their commanding officers.
The term carries connotations of treachery and danger: The captain had the mutineers clapped in irons.
Historically, mutineers faced severe punishment, often death.
Authority defier
- insurgentOne who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- insurrectionistOne who rebels violently
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
renegade · agitator · malcontent · insubordinate · subversive · radical · nonconformist · secessionist
Armed forces judicial proceeding
- executionCompleting a planned task
- hangingExecution by noose
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- exileBanishment from homeland
marooning · flogging · chains · gallows · tribunal · sentence · pardon · amnesty
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
disobedience · resistance · dissent · sedition · coup · overthrow · defection · desertion
One who betrays allegiance
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- betrayerOne who breaks allegiance
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
- deserterOne who abandons duty
double-crosser · backstabber · quisling · collaborator · apostate · informant · rat · fink
rebel
Authority defier
- insurgentOne who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- insurrectionistOne who rebels violently
dissident · renegade · agitator · malcontent · insubordinate · subversive · radical · nonconformist · secessionist · provocateur
court-martial
Armed forces judicial proceeding
- executionCompleting a planned task
- hangingExecution by noose
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
exile · marooning · flogging · chains · gallows · tribunal · sentence · pardon · amnesty · surrender
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
insubordination · disobedience · resistance · dissent · sedition · coup · overthrow · defection · desertion · noncompliance
traitor
One who betrays allegiance
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- betrayerOne who breaks allegiance
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
deserter · double-crosser · backstabber · quisling · collaborator · apostate · informant · rat · fink · snake
sailor
Seafaring crew member
crewman · shipmate · captain · Bounty · Bligh · Potemkin · Caine · galley · frigate · man-of-war
- mutinyrevolt, uprising, insurrection, rebel, insurgent
- seafarerssailor, seaman, mariner, able seaman, merchant seaman
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- renegadesrenegade, rebel, traitor, turncoat, defector
- revolutionariesrevolutionaries, revolutionary, rebel, rebels, Lenin
- resistersobjector, resister, refusenik, conscientious objector, holdout
mutineerloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
faithful servant · company man · yes-man · bootlicker · toady
mutineercounterrevolutionary
One opposing radical overthrow
counterinsurgent · patriot · royalist · traditionalist · supporter