Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun great_revolt

1 sense of great revolt

Sense 1
Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt -- (a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II)
       INSTANCE OF=> rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising -- (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)