Resist authority
The crossword clue "Resist authority" is answered by REBEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REBEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REBEL answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REBEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by REBEL, most used first.
- Defy authority - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonconformist - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Insurgent - used 37 times, most recently in 2018
- "___ Without a Cause" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Rise up - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Insurrectionist - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
- Mutineer - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- James Dean persona - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Defiant one - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Fight the power - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Challenge authority - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- James Dean-type - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Riot - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Authority - SAYSO, used 149 times
- Final authority - SAYSO, used 89 times
- Authority to decide - SAYSO, used 24 times
- Symbol of authority - BADGE, used 15 times
- Card game authority Edmond - HOYLE, used 14 times
- Bridge authority Charles - GOREN, used 13 times
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