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

2 senses of renegade

Sense 1
renegade -- (someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw)
       => deserter, defector -- (a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post))

Sense 2
deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter -- (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)
       => quitter -- (a person who gives up too easily)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb renegade

1 sense of renegade

Sense 1
rebel, renegade -- (break with established customs)
       => protest, resist, dissent -- (express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country")

Antonyms of adj renegade

1 sense of renegade

Sense 1
recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper")

INDIRECT (VIA disloyal) -> loyal -- (steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him")

Similarity of adj renegade

1 sense of renegade

Sense 1
recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper")
       => disloyal (vs. loyal) -- (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers")

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