English noun: freedom fighter | |||
1. | freedom fighter (person) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | ||
Synonyms | insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, revolutionary, revolutionist, social reformer, subversive, subverter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mutineer, Young Turk | ||
Instance hyponym | Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Sir William Wallace, Turner, Vesey, Wallace | ||