'Renegade' definitions:
Definition of 'renegade'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" [syn: recreant, renegade]
noun
Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
noun
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter]
verb
Break with established customs [syn: rebel, renegade]
Definition of 'Renegade'
From: GCIDE
- Renegade \Ren"e*gade\ (r?n"?-g?d), n. [Sp. renegado, LL. renegatus, fr. renegare to deny; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Negation, and cf. Runagate.] One faithless to principle or party. Specifically: (a) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith. [1913 Webster]
- James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter. --Arbuthnot. (c) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renegade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apostate,
- apostatize,
- atheist,
- atheistic,
- backslider,
- backsliding,
- blasphemer,
- blasphemous,
- bolter,
- collaborationist,
- collaborative,
- collaborator,
- convert,
- defect,
- defector,
- degenerate,
- desert,
- deserter,
- disloyal,
- faithless,
- fallen,
- fallen from grace,
- fifth columnist,
- heretic,
- heretical,
- iconoclast,
- impious,
- insurgent,
- irreligious,
- irreverent,
- lapsed,
- mugwump,
- perfidious,
- profanatory,
- profane,
- proselyte,
- quisling,
- rat,
- rebel,
- recidivist,
- recidivistic,
- recreant,
- renegado,
- renegate,
- renege,
- reversionist,
- runagate,
- Sabbath-breaker,
- sacrilegious,
- sacrilegist,
- schismatic,
- seceder,
- secessionist,
- separatist,
- strikebreaker,
- tergiversant,
- tergiversating,
- tergiversator,
- traitor,
- traitorous,
- treacherous,
- treasonable,
- treasonous,
- turn against,
- turn traitor,
- turnabout,
- turncoat,
- turntail,
- unbeliever,
- undutiful