revolt
gb/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/ us/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
B1
English
~ 5000
Senses
0 senses
Verb
B2
action
1
Rise against authority
To fight against a ruler or government to try to change or remove them.
Usage pattern:
to revolt against [someone/something]
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'revolt' with 'revolve'; 'revolve' means to turn around, not to fight against authority.
Synonyms
rebel (Often used more broadly for resisting authority; can be less organized or violent than 'revolt'.)
Antonyms
submit (Means to accept authority or control rather than resist it.)
Collocations
revolt against the government
|military revolt
|popular revolt
|armed revolt
Themes
politics
|conflict
|history
|law
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The citizens decided to revolt against the corrupt regime.
- Workers threatened to revolt if their demands were not met.
- The army revolted after months without pay.
Learner examples
- The people revolted against the king.
- The soldiers revolted because they were hungry.
- The workers revolted when they lost their jobs.
Verb
B2
action
2
Cause disgust or shock
To make someone feel very bad or sick because something is unpleasant or wrong.
Usage pattern:
to revolt [someone]
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'revolt' in this sense with physical rebellion; here it is about emotional reaction, not political action.
Synonyms
disgust ('Disgust' is more common in everyday speech; 'revolt' can sound slightly stronger or more formal.)
Antonyms
please (Means to make someone feel happy or satisfied instead of disgusted.)
Collocations
revolt the public
|utterly revolted
|morally revolted
Themes
emotions
|ethics
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The cruelty of the experiment revolted the animal rights activists.
- His dishonesty revolted her.
- The smell of the garbage revolted everyone in the room.
Learner examples
- The dirty room revolted me.
- The bad smell revolted her.
- His lies revolted my friends.
Noun
B1
event
3
Organized resistance or uprising
A fight by people against a ruler or government.
Synonyms
uprising ('Uprising' is very close in meaning; sometimes used for smaller or shorter events than 'revolt'.)
Antonyms
submission (The act of accepting authority without resistance.)
Collocations
stage a revolt
|suppress a revolt
|lead a revolt
|popular revolt
Themes
politics
|conflict
|history
|law
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The revolt was crushed within days by the army.
- A student revolt spread across the campus.
- The peasants' revolt changed the course of history.
Learner examples
- The revolt started in the city.
- The king stopped the revolt quickly.
- The revolt lasted for two weeks.
Grammar
Dictionary form
revolt
IPA
GB/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
US/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
Syllables & stress
re - volt (2 syllables)
Stress on 2nd syllable (volt)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: revolt
- Plural: revolt, revolts
Verb
- Base: revolt
- 3rd Person Singular: revolts
- Present Participle: revolting
- Past: revolted
Word family
Forms
revolts
noun
revolting
verb
revolted
verb
Related words
revolution
noun B1
revolutionary
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
revoltingly
adverb
Expressions
revolt against
1/ɹɪvˈoʊlt əɡˈɛnst/
fixed phrase
Resist authority or rules
To fight or act strongly against someone in power or against rules you do not like.
Examples
- The workers decided to revolt against unfair wages.
- Many young people revolted against traditional values in the 1960s.