renegade

Someone who rejects rules or authority and acts outside them.

• The renegade refused to obey.
• A band of renegades controlled the mountain road.
• The town feared the armed renegades nearby.

Similar words: rebel, outlaw

Common phrases: a lone renegade, band of renegades

Someone who abandons or betrays a group, belief, or person they once supported.

• They called him a renegade after he changed sides.
• The party expelled three renegades.
• Former friends regarded her as a renegade.

Similar words: traitor, deserter, defector

Opposites: loyalist

Common phrases: political renegade, religious renegade

Choosing unusual ways of thinking or working instead of following accepted ideas.

• She is a renegade artist.
• His renegade approach changed the way films were made.
• The magazine celebrates renegade thinkers with bold ideas.

Similar words: unconventional, unorthodox

Opposites: conventional

Common phrases: renegade artist, renegade thinker, renegade style

Having abandoned or betrayed the people, group, or beliefs you once supported.

• Renegade soldiers joined the enemy.
• The party lost support from its renegade members.
• A renegade faction betrayed the movement.

Similar words: disloyal, treacherous

Opposites: loyal

Common phrases: renegade soldiers, renegade faction, renegade members