revolutionaries

noun

plural of revolutionary
1
as in radicals
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries

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2
as in rebels
a person who rises up against authority at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries

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Recent Examples of revolutionaries The revolutionaries were successful after four hours but at the cost of 94 lives. — USA Today, 29 June 2026 Kings, poets, scientists and revolutionaries wanted to meet him and sought his advice. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 If things go wrong, the overqualified graduate activist class could provide the revolutionaries of the future. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026. — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Or was July 4, 1776, for the revolutionaries who founded the US, actually an undistinguished day? — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 Not helping was Parliament’s passage of the Tea Act in 1773, to which revolutionaries responded by dumping tea into Boston Harbor. — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 Not helping was Parliament's passage of the Tea Act in 1773, to which revolutionaries responded by dumping tea into Boston Harbor. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionaries
  1. radicals
  2. rebels
  3. extremists
  4. insurgents
  5. anarchists
  6. crazies
Noun
  • American Muslims for Palestine has repeatedly come under fire over leading members’ past ties to foreign terrorists, though the group denies supporting such radicals.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026
  • Every House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 June 2026
Definition of radicals
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  • He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses in the fight against the rebels, and later of corruption charges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses in the fight against the rebels and, later on, corruption charges.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically ‌massacred in the East African ⁠nation by Hutu extremists over roughly 100 days from April ⁠to July 1994.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
Definition of extremists
Noun
  • The establishment’s theory of the case has always been that popular insurgents are too risky, too unpolished, too outside the lane.
    — Tad Devine, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country ​with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Definition of insurgents
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  • In July 1936, anarchists set fire to the church’s crypt and broke into the architect’s workshop before destroying many of his plans and plaster models.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • But divining Gaudí's intentions has required detective work, because during the Spanish Civil War, anarchists protesting the Catholic Church set fire to parts of the structure, and smashed Gaudí's models into 8,000 pieces.
    — Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of anarchists
Noun
  • Actually, there was a good reason, and the reason was that those crazies over at CBS were airing this season up to SIX NIGHTS A WEEK!
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • Had enough listening to crazies.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
Definition of crazies

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