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Definition of rebel : 1. One who rebels.
2. Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
3. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
4. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.

Synonyms:

spring up, uprise, revolutionist, nihilist, subversive, renegade, jump, Johnny, greyback, Johnny Reb, ascend, anarchist, lift, stand up, go up, nonconformist, revolutionary, guerilla, grow, southern, independent, individualist, agitator, insurrectionary, separatist, freedom fighter, knot, malcontent, demagogue, surface, disloyal, maverick, Reb, traitor, insurgent, radical, apostate, arise, schismatic, climb, deserter, wax, dissident, irregular, sectarian, rear, climb up, originate, prove, insurrectionist, come up, rebellious, develop, rebelling, bob up, rioter, rise, dissenter, mount, get up, turn out, resurrect, guerrilla, move up, mutineer, rise up, turncoat, iconoclast, heighten, grayback

challenge, face, counter, dare, counteract, countermand, resist, defy, cross, dissent, affront, confront, contravene

overturn, revolt, upset, restructure, overthrow

disregard, subvert, trespass, mutiny, disobey

Usage examples:

• Selene looked after her, and an inward voice, against which she had had to rebel before to- day, asked her why she of all people must be a sufferer for others, when they thought only of themselves, and with a heavy sigh, she made a fresh attempt to proceed on her way. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• The rebel tribe, of which that vermin's one. - "The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian", John Dryden.
• We have convicted a rebel of his guilt. - "Mary Magdalen", Edgar Saltus.