Synonyms of mutineer

mutineer

noun

ˌmyü-tə-ˈnir 

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority

the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebel
• insurgent
• revolutionary
• revolter
• revolutionist
• red
• insurrectionist
• insurrectionary
• challenger
• recusant
• anarchist
• resister
• insubordinate
• resistant
• oppositionist
• discontent
• defier
• extremist
• anarch
• radical
• refuser
• malcontent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patriot
• loyalist
• supporter
• counterrevolutionary
• counterinsurgent
• counterrevolutionist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mutineer

While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case. —Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024

Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line finally began their march on May 26 with roughly 800 men, passing the site of the mutineers’ execution as a stark reminder. —John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024

For a leader who painstakingly crafted a reputation as the arbiter of order, Putin looked detached and indecisive as Prigozhin’s ragtag mutineers made their way up the road to Moscow. —William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024

Biden can put this rebellion down by adopting yet another Republican position: let the mutineers go. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023