revolt
[noun]
Synonyms:
- uprising, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising
[verb]
Synonyms:
- rebel, mutiny, resist, rise
- disgust, gross out (U.S. slang), make one's flesh creep, nauseate, repel, repulse, sicken, turn one's stomach

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Contrasted words: obey, submit, aid, assist, help, succor, support, bolster, prop (up), sustain, uphold
Related Idioms: kick over the traces, take up arms against
Related Words: defy, oppose, resist, break, renounce, turn (against), boycott, strike, overthrow, overturn, riot

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. re‧volt¹ /rɪˈvəʊlt $ -ˈvoʊlt/ noun [uncountable and countable]

1. a refusal to accept someone’s authority or obey rules or laws Synonym : rebellion:
The prime minister is now facing a revolt by members of his own party.
revolt against
a revolt against authority
revolt over
a revolt over the proposed spending cuts
in revolt
French farmers are in revolt over cheap imports.

2. strong and often violent action by a lot of people against their ruler or government Synonym : rebellion ⇒ revolution:
the Polish revolt of 1863
revolt against
a revolt against the central government
revolt of
the successful revolt of the American colonies
put down/crush a revolt (=use military force to stop it)
Troops loyal to the President crushed the revolt.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. revolt² verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: révolter, from Old Italian rivoltare 'to defeat and remove from power', from Latin revolvere; ⇒ revolve]

1. [intransitive] if people revolt, they take strong and often violent action against the government, usually with the aim of taking power away from them Synonym : rebel ⇒ revolution
revolt against
It was feared that the army would revolt against the government.

2. [intransitive] to refuse to accept someone’s authority or obey rules or laws Synonym : rebel
revolt against
Some members of the government may revolt against this proposed legislation.

3. [transitive usually passive] if something revolts you, it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel sick and shocked ⇒ revulsion:
He was revolted by the smell.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

revolt
noun
ADJ. great The Great Revolt of 1381 may have been caused by attempts to keep wages down.
full-scale, general, large-scale, mass, popular, serious, widespread There was a general revolt against the leadership at the party congress.
open Parliament came out in open revolt against the president.
armed | peasant/peasant's, shareholder's, student, etc.
VERB + REVOLT cause, prompt, provoke, stir up | lead a student-led revolt
stage | control, crush, deal with, put down, quash, suppress The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness.
REVOLT + VERB break out Revolt broke out when the government decided to raise the price of bread.
spread | overthrow sb/sth The regime was overthrown by a popular revolt.
PREP. in ~ The farmers rose in revolt.
~ against the revolt against the poll tax in Britain
~ by a revolt by backbenchers
~ over the farmers' revolt over imported meat
~ within revolt within the party

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

revolt

a revolt breaks out (=starts)
In 1821 revolts broke out in Moldavia and Wallachia.
people rise in revolt (=start to take part in a revolt)
At a word from Gandhi, India would have risen in revolt.
lead a revolt
He led a revolt against Constantine and acclaimed Maximus as emperor.
suppress/crush/put down a revolt (=end it by force)
The Russians speedily crushed the revolt.
a peasant revolt (=by people who work on farms)
This was the best-known peasant revolt in Soviet history.
a popular revolt (=one involving a lot of ordinary people)
Opposition groups had called for a popular revolt against the President.
open revolt (=not hidden or secret)
She faced open revolt from her Cabinet colleagues.
armed revolt (=one in which weapons are used)
Somalis living just across the Ethiopian border rose up in armed revolt.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲