revolts
Rises against authority
Revolts is the plural of revolt—uprisings or rebellions against authority: The colonial revolts spread across three continents.
As a verb form, it means either to rise up in opposition or to cause disgust: The peasantry revolts against the king, The smell revolts me.
What revolts someone is what they find deeply offensive or nauseating.
Defiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
uprising · resistance · sedition · riot · insurgency · defiance · rebel · guerrilla
Disgust or pushing-away force
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
repugnance · aversion · distaste · horror · antipathy · contempt · detestation · sickening
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
overthrow · uprising · resistance · sedition · riot · insurgency · defiance · rebel · guerrilla · uprising
repulsion
Disgust or pushing-away force
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
loathing · repugnance · aversion · distaste · horror · antipathy · contempt · detestation · sickening · offensive
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Caribbean historyJamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, Trinidad
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- militancymilitancy, extremism, radicalism, fanaticism, zealotry
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
- Medieval EgyptCairo, Mamluks, Saladin, Nile, citadel
revoltsattracts
Draws toward itself
delights · pleases · charms · captivates · enchants
revoltssubmits
Yields to authority
obeys · complies · capitulates · surrenders · acquiesces
- Cuban RevolutionCaribbean island's 1959 overthrow
- revolutionary spiritDrive for radical transformation
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- revolutionary heroCelebrated leader of uprising
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
revolution, revolt, revolting, revolutionary, revolted, revolutionize, revolutionist, revolutionized, revolutionizing