insurgent
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insurgent
- /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/ UK
- /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Where it comes from
From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
adjective
- Rebellious, opposing authority. The insurgent provinces.
- Of water: surging or rushing in. Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.
noun insurgents
- One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rebel, mutineer, seditious, insurrectionist, subversive, irregular, disloyal, guerilla, guerrilla, rebelling, rebellious, revolt, renegade, rebellion, mutinous, mutiny
Translations
Every language
adj rebellious
| Español | insurgente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 謀叛 muhon, 反逆 hangyaku |
| Português | insurgente |
| Français | insurgé |
| Deutsch | aufständisch, aufrührerisch |
| Русский | мяте́жный mjatéžnyj, восста́вший vosstávšij, разбушева́вшийся razbuševávšijsja |
noun rebel
| Español | insurgente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반역자 banyeokja |
| 日本語 | 謀叛人 muhonnin, 反逆者 hangyakusha |
| 中文 | 反叛份子 fǎnpàn fènzi, 起義者 /起义者 qǐyìzhě, 叛亂者 /叛乱者 pànluànzhě, 造反者 zàofǎnzhě |
| हिन्दी | बाग़ी bāġī, विद्रोही vidrohī |
| Português | insurgente |
| Français | insurgé, insurgée |
| Deutsch | Aufständischer, Insurgent |
| Italiano | insorto, insorta |
| Ελληνικά | αντάρτης antártis, επαναστάτης epanastátis |
| Русский | мяте́жник mjatéžnik, повста́нец povstánec, бунтовщи́к buntovščík, инсурге́нт insurgént |
| Tiếng Việt | người khởi nghĩa |
| العربية | مُتَمَرِّد mutamarrid, ثَائِر ṯāʔir, عَاصٍ ʕāṣin, عُصَاة ʕuṣāh |
| עברית | מתקומם mitkomaym |
Talk about this word "insurgent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/insurgent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. insurgent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/insurgent "insurgent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/insurgent.Cite this
@misc{insurgent_2026,
title = {insurgent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/insurgent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
