MUTINIED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

mutinied

verb

past tense of mutiny

as in rebelled

to rise up against established authority the party's conservative faction mutinied just before the election

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Recent Examples of mutinied In 1841, John Quincy Adams, a President turned congressman and Supreme Court advocate, appeared before the Court, seeking the freedom of people kidnapped from Africa who mutinied en route to America on the slave ship Amistad. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

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rebelled

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Not be outdone, a couple of New Jersey towns even 'rebelled' against data centers despite there being no plan to actually build them!

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 24 June 2026
Ever since the Haitian revolutionaries first rebelled against the French in 1791, the proslavery and imperialist powers of Europe and the Americas had a special interest in ensuring that Haiti failed.

— Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026