mutiny

mu-ti-ny · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

  2. 2.

    (as verb) To rise up in rebellion against authority.

Forms

plural: mutinies

Related words

Antonyms: loyalty, obedience
See also: rebellion, revolt, uprising
Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising

Etymology

From obsolete French mutin ("rebellious"), from meute ("a revolt, movement"), from Latin movere ("to move").