mutinynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈmjuː.tɪ.ni/us/ˈmjuː.tən.i/an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority:
Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny.
There were rumours of mutiny among the troops.
Soldiers crushed mutinies in three jails.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- poacher turned gamekeeper idiom
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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mutinous
adjective uk/ˈmjuː.tɪ.nəs/us/ˈmjuː.tən.əs/
The mutinous sailors took control of the ship.
mutinyverb [ I ]
uk/ˈmjuː.tɪ.ni/us/ˈmjuː.tən.i/to take part in a mutiny:
The crew mutinied and murdered the ship's captain.
The troops mutinied against their officers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- poacher turned gamekeeper idiom
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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