Meanings
nounrenegade (plural renegades)
plural renegades
- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Synonyms: apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser
verbrenegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)
present singular third person renegades · participle present renegading · participle past renegaded · past renegaded
- datedTo desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, volume 3, page 740Synonyms: apostatize, defect, quisle, traitorize, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out
adjectiverenegade (comparative more renegade, superlative most renegade)
comparative more renegade · superlative most renegade
- Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
Synonyms: faithless, perfidious, ratlike, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
verbTo desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
adjectiveDeserting, treacherous, disloyal.
adjectiveUnconventional, unorthodox.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Broader
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinrenegātus
- Spanishrenegado
- Englishrenegade
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege.
More words from Spanish, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отстъпник, ренегат
- отстъпник (otstăpnik)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- ренегат (renegat)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Catalan renegat, renegada
- renegatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegadadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Czech renegát
- renegátdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Danish lovløs, rebel
- lovløsoutlaw or rebel
- rebeloutlaw or rebel
Dutch rebel, outlaw
- rebeloutlaw or rebel
- outlawoutlaw or rebel
- vogelvrijeoutlaw or rebel
- renegaatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- afvalligedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- overloperdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Finnish kapinallinen, luopio
- kapinallinenoutlaw or rebel
- luopiodisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- uskonluopiodisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
French renégat, renégate
- renégatoutlaw or rebel
- renégateoutlaw or rebel
- rebelleoutlaw or rebel
- renégatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renégatedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
German Rebell, Rebellin
- Rebelloutlaw or rebel
- Rebellinoutlaw or rebel
- Abtrünnigerdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Abtrünnigedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Apostatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Apostatindisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Abgefallenerdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Abgefallenedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Glaubensabtrünnigerdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Glaubensabtrünnigedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Überläuferdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Überläuferindisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Greek αντάρτης, αντάρτισσα
- αντάρτης (antártis)outlaw or rebel
- αντάρτισσα (antártissa)outlaw or rebel
- εκτός νόμου (ektós nómou)outlaw or rebel
- εξωμότης (exomótis)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- αποστάτης (apostátis)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- αποστάτισσα (apostátissa)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- αποστάτρια (apostátria)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- αρνησίθρησκος (arnisíthriskos)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Hungarian renegát, hűtlen
- renegátdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- hűtlendisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- árulódisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Italian rinnegato, rinnegata
- rinnegatooutlaw or rebel
- rinnegataoutlaw or rebel
- reiettodisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- reiettadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Japanese 変節者
- 変節者 (hensetsusha)outlaw or rebel
Latin renegātus, renegāta
- renegātusoutlaw or rebel
- renegātaoutlaw or rebel
- renegātusdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegātadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Norwegian Bokmål rebell, opprører
- rebelloutlaw or rebel
- opprøreroutlaw or rebel
- overløperdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Polish renegat, zaprzaniec
- renegatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- zaprzaniecdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- zdrajcadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- zdrajczynidisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Portuguese renegado, renegada
- renegadooutlaw or rebel
- renegadaoutlaw or rebel
- rebeldeoutlaw or rebel
- renegadodisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegadadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- apóstatadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Russian мяте́жник, изго́й
- мяте́жник (mjatéžnik)outlaw or rebel
- изго́й (izgój)outlaw or rebel
- изгна́нник (izgnánnik)outlaw or rebel
- ренега́т (renegát)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- ренега́тка (renegátka)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- преда́тель (predátelʹ)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- преда́тельница (predátelʹnica)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- изме́нник (izménnik)disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Spanish renegado, renegada
- renegadooutlaw or rebel
- renegadaoutlaw or rebel
- renegadodisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegadadisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Swedish avfälling, renegat
- avfällingoutlaw or rebel
- renegatoutlaw or rebel
- överlöparedisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- renegatdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Turkish dönek, mürtet
- dönekdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- mürtetdisloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Cite this entry
APA
renegade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renegade
MLA
“renegade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renegade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renegade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renegade.
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