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Antonyms for renegade
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ren-i-geyd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛn ɪˌgeɪd |
Definition of renegade
Origin :- 1580s, "apostate," probably (with change of suffix) from Spanish renegado, originally "Christian turned Muslim," from Medieval Latin renegatus, noun use of past participle of renegare "deny" (see renege). General sense of "turncoat" is from 1660s. The form renegate, directly from Medieval Latin, is attested in English from late 14c. As an adjective from 1705.
- adj rebellious
- noun person who is rebellious
- I told him to kill you, you lying, renegade Injun—and if he couldn't, I can!
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- But he had seen some renegade priests and had despised them.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- "One does not hinder the other," said the renegade, dissembling.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- "I have saved you from his infernal machinations;" said the renegade.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- But for thee, proud man, I might have been a hero, and for thee I am a traitor and a renegade.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Had it not been for the quick action of the renegade all might have been lost.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- It turned out that the girl was the man's daughter, and he was a renegade from Ceuta.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- For a spell she stood there with horror and loathing of that renegade corsair in her soul.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Look at those renegade 296 Mexicans, every man armed by you with a rifle and a revolver!
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
- In Ireland his life was forfeit, Great Britain counted him renegade and traitor.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
Synonyms for renegade
- abandoner
- apostate
- backslider
- backsliding
- betrayer
- defector
- deserter
- disloyal
- dissident
- double-crosser
- escapee
- exile
- forsaker
- fugitive
- heretic
- heterodox
- iconoclast
- insurgent
- mutineer
- mutinous
- outlaw
- radical
- reactionary
- rebel
- recreant
- refugee
- revolutionary
- runaway
- schismatic
- snake
- snake in the grass
- tergiversator
- traitor
- traitorous
- turnabout
- turncoat
- unfaithful
- untraditional
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