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Yes. The word rebel is a Scrabble US word. The word rebel is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word rebel is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

REBEL,

4-letter words (7 found)

BEER,BERE,BLEE,BREE,LEER,LERE,REEL,

3-letter words (7 found)

BEE,BEL,EEL,ERE,LEE,REB,REE,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,EE,EL,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from rebel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rebel

rebel

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĕbʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛbəl/

Noun

rebel (plural rebels)

  1. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
  2. (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • rebellion
  • rebellious
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”). Doublet of revel.

Pronunciation

  • (URP) enPR: rĭ-bĕlʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈbɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

rebel (third-person singular simple present rebels, present participle rebelling, simple past and past participle rebelled)

  1. (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
  2. (intransitive, politics) To forcefully subvert the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
Synonyms
  • defy
Antonyms
  • obey
  • submit
Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rebellis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [rəˈβɛl]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [rəˈbɛl]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [reˈbɛl]

Adjective

rebel m or f (masculine and feminine plural rebels)

  1. rebellious
  2. persistent, stubborn

Derived terms

  • rebel·lia
  • rebel·lió

Noun

rebel m or f by sense (plural rebels)

  1. rebel

Related terms

  • rebel·lar-se

Further reading

  • “rebel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rebell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛbɛl]

Noun

rebel m anim (female equivalent rebelka)

  1. rebel
    Synonym: povstalec m
    Je to věčný rebel. ― He is an eternal rebel.

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “rebel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “rebel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “rebel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rebel, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈbɛl/
  • Hyphenation: re‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

rebel m (plural rebellen, diminutive rebelletje n)

  1. rebel
    Synonym: opstandeling

Derived terms

Adjective

rebel (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) rebellious
    Synonyms: opstandig, rebels

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis.

Alternative forms

  • rabell, rebell, rebelle, reble, rebul, rebyll

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛbɛl/, /ˈrɛbəl/, /ˈrɛːbəl/

Noun

rebel (plural rebels or rebelx) (chiefly Late Middle English)

  1. A sinner (as one who rebels against a deity)
  2. A rebel (combatant against the extant government)
  3. One who refuses to follow directives or regulations; a rulebreaker.
  4. (rare) An uprising or revolt against one's authorities.
  5. (rare) One's opponent; an enemy individual.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: rebel
  • Scots: rebel
References
  • “rebel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
  • “rebel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

Adjective

rebel

  1. Treasonous, rebelling; leading an insurrection.
  2. Sinful, iniquitous; defying the commands of a divine authority.
  3. Disobedient, undutiful; refusing to follow directives or laws, or rules.
  4. (rare) Refractory, set in one's ways or opinions.
  5. (rare) Impatient, overly hurried or quick.
References
  • “rebel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

Etymology 2

Verb

rebel

  1. Alternative form of rebellen

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rebelle, from Latin Rebelle.

Adjective

rebel m or n (feminine singular rebelă, masculine plural rebeli, feminine and neuter plural rebele)

  1. rebel, insurgent

Declension


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