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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
reb•el /n., adj. ˈrɛbəl; v. rɪˈbɛl/USA pronunciation   n., adj., v., -belled, -bel•ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. Governmenta person who refuses to obey, resists, or rises in arms against a government or ruler.
  2. a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. Governmentof or relating to rebels:rebel troops.

v. [no object] re•bel 
  1. to act as a rebel:The people rebelled against the government.
  2. to show strong opposition:Some children rebel to test their parents' patience.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
reb•el  (n., adj. rebəl;v. ri bel),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -belled, -bel•ling. 
n. 
  1. Governmenta person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  2. a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.

adj. 
  1. rebellious;
    defiant.
  2. Governmentof or pertaining to rebels.

v.i. re•bel 
  1. Governmentto reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler.
  2. to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.
  3. to show or feel utter repugnance:His very soul rebelled at spanking the child.
  • Latin rebellāre; (noun, nominal) Middle English rebel, derivative of the adjective, adjectival
  • Old French rebeller)
  • Latin rebellis renewing a war, equivalent. to re- re- + bell(um) war + -is adjective, adjectival suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English rebellen (
  • Old French rebelle
  • (adjective, adjectival) Middle English 1250–1300
rebel•like′, adj. 
    1. insurrectionist, mutineer, traitor. 1. 3. insurgent. 3. mutinous. 5. revolt, mutiny.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rebel vb /rɪˈbɛl/ ( -bels, -belling, -belled) (intransitive) often followed by against:
  1. to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp by force of arms
  2. to dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
  3. to show repugnance (towards)
n /ˈrɛbəl/
    • a person who rebels
    • (as modifier): a rebel soldier, a rebel leader
  1. a person who dissents from some accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis insurgent, from re- + bellum war
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