revolters
Those who resist
Revolters are people who revolt—who rise up against authority or refuse to accept established conditions.
The word appears in historical and literary contexts more than contemporary speech: The revolters seized the armory at dawn.
Someone called a revolter actively participates in rebellion rather than merely sympathizing with it.
Those fighting established authority
- mutineersSailors who overthrow command
- dissentersOpponents of prevailing views
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
- guerrillasIrregular combatants, unconventional warfare
militants · insurrectionists · renegades · secessionists · agitators · subversives · malcontents · protesters
Violent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
riot · overthrow · resistance · protest · demonstration · strike · boycott · sedition
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- dissentDisagreement with authority
recalcitrance · intransigence · opposition · nonconformity · willfulness · unruliness · rebelliousness · militancy
Root-indicating symbol
- anarchistOne opposing all governance
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
- marxistFollower of socialist ideology
- communistCollectivist political adherent
reformist · progressive · subversive · liberation · separatist · nationalist · anti-establishment · dissident
insurgents
Those fighting established authority
- mutineersSailors who overthrow command
- dissentersOpponents of prevailing views
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
guerrillas · militants · insurrectionists · renegades · secessionists · agitators · subversives · malcontents · protesters · rioters
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
coup · riot · overthrow · resistance · protest · demonstration · strike · boycott · sedition · defection
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
dissent · recalcitrance · intransigence · opposition · nonconformity · willfulness · unruliness · rebelliousness · militancy · discontent
radical
Root-indicating symbol
- anarchistOne opposing all governance
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
- marxistFollower of socialist ideology
communist · reformist · progressive · subversive · liberation · separatist · nationalist · anti-establishment · dissident · populist
revoltersloyalists
Faithful to established authority
supporters · defenders · adherents · partisans · royalists
revoltersconformists
Those obeying social norms
traditionalists · conservatives · submitters · compliers · peacekeepers
revoltersconformists
Those obeying social norms
submissives · compliers · followers · yes-men · bootlickers