Synonyms of the word

insurrectionist

• n. A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.

crusader

• n. A person engaged in a crusade.

insurgent

• adj. Rebellious, opposing authority.
• n. one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

meliorist

• n. A proponent of meliorism.
• adj. Of or relating to meliorism.
• adj. Supporting the principles of meliorism.

rebel

• n. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
• v. (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

reformer

• n. One who reforms, or who works for reform.
• n. (historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
• n. (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of…
• n. (chemical engineering, petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically…

reformist

• adj. Advocating reform of an institution or body.
• adj. Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary…
• n. One who advocates reform (of an institution).
• n. Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed…
• n. (dated, 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
• n. (dated, 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from…
• n. A member of a reformed religious denomination.

revolutionary

• adj. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution.
• adj. pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset.
• adj. (sciences) pertaining to something that revolves.
• n. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

revolutionist

• n. A person who revolts.

subversive

• adj. Intending to subvert, overturn or undermine a government or authority.
• n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.

subverter

• n. One who subverts.