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
It was left to Keys to try to corral the insurrectionists, who were day-drinking in the lobby.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 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
The numbers indicate an uptick in disapproval for the move after a Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 58 percent of Americans were not in favor of the president pardoning the insurrectionists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025
At best, these pardons excuse the violence that took place on January 6, and at worst, encourage that kind of violence in the future by essentially promising would-be insurrectionists forgiveness.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
No, the insurrectionists were not patriots.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 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
The numbers indicate an uptick in disapproval for the move after a Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 58 percent of Americans were not in favor of the president pardoning the insurrectionists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025
At best, these pardons excuse the violence that took place on January 6, and at worst, encourage that kind of violence in the future by essentially promising would-be insurrectionists forgiveness.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
No, the insurrectionists were not patriots.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionists
Noun
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The proceeds from the arms sales were then used to fund right-wing, anti-communist rebels, known as the Contras, in Nicaragua.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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This might enable a mission which, for example, a Viper is located covertly next to a safe house known to be used by insurgents.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The state Republicans have routinely witnessed battles between far-right insurgents who in recent years have complained the party isn’t Trumpy enough and the financial institutional wing that has long been the GOP establishment and funded the party for decades.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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But Anderson also knows that the moral purity of revolutionaries gets boring pretty fast.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, the thriller focuses on a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to face an enemy resurfacing after 16 years.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Insurrectionists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionists. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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