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

1 sense of intifadah

Sense 1
intifada, intifadah -- (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000; "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993")
       => rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising -- (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)