malcontents

The word “malcontents” has 3 syllables: mal-con-tents

It's pronounced as /ˈmæl.kən.tɛnts/


What is synonym and antonym for malcontents?

In the thesaurus, “malcontents” has 60 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for malcontents along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for malcontents

  • anarchists
  • anarchs
  • babies
  • bawlers
  • belittlers
  • bellyachers
  • bleaters
  • challengers
  • complainers
  • crabs
  • critics
  • crybabies
  • cynics
  • defeatists
  • defiers
  • deriders
  • detractors
  • discontents
  • doubters
  • extremists
  • fussbudgets
  • fussers
  • fusspots
  • gripers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • insubordinates
  • insurgents
  • insurrectionaries
  • insurrectionists
  • kvetchers
  • kvetches
  • misandrists
  • misanthropes
  • misogynists
  • moaners
  • mutineers
  • naysayers
  • negativists
  • oppositionists
  • pessimists
  • quitters
  • radicals
  • rebels
  • recusants
  • reds
  • refusers
  • resistants
  • resisters
  • revolters
  • revolutionaries
  • revolutionists
  • scoffers
  • screamers
  • skeptics
  • snivelers
  • squawkers
  • wailers
  • weepers
  • whiners

Antonyms for malcontents

  • Pollyannas
  • counterinsurgents
  • counterrevolutionaries
  • counterrevolutionists
  • happy campers
  • idealists
  • loyalists
  • optimists
  • patriots
  • positivists
  • sentimentalists
  • supporters

Meanings of malcontents

  • noun
    1. A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
    2. A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
  • verb
    1. To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.

Example Sentences

  • The leader warned that the group of malcontents could disrupt the entire operation.
  • The company decided to address the concerns of the malcontents to restore harmony.
  • A few malcontents in the audience began to boo during the performance.
  • The king's harsh policies gave rise to a growing number of malcontents among his subjects.
  • The meeting was filled with malcontents who were vocal about their grievances.

On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to malcontents, such as: Pollyannas, anarchists, anarchs, babies, bawlers, belittlers, bellyachers.

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Related Words

abandoners

  • apostates
  • betrayers
  • come-outers
  • defectors
  • defiers
  • deserters
  • discontents
  • double-crossers
  • dropouts
  • insurgents
  • insurrectionaries
  • insurrectionists
  • leavers
  • malcontents
  • mutineers
  • quislings
  • rebels
  • recreants
  • recusants
  • reds
  • refuseniks
  • refusers
  • refusniks
  • renegades
  • revolters
  • revolutionaries
  • revolutionists
  • revolutionizers
  • traitoresses
  • traitors
  • traitresses
  • turnabouts
  • turncoats

babies

  • accomplishments
  • achievements
  • acquirements
  • appeases
  • arrivals
  • attainments
  • babes
  • baby
  • bambini
  • bambinos
  • bantlings
  • bawlers
  • beings
  • bellyachers
  • birds
  • bleaters
  • blockbusters
  • bodies
  • bods
  • boys
  • brethren
  • brood
  • brothers
  • celebrities
  • characters
  • cherubim
  • cherubs
  • children
  • cockers
  • coddles
  • complainers
  • completions
  • conquests
  • consummations
  • contents
  • cookies
  • cossets
  • coups
  • crabs
  • creatures
  • crybabies
  • culminations
  • customers
  • dandles
  • deeds
  • delights
  • devils
  • ducks
  • eggs
  • executions
  • faces
  • family
  • feats
  • fellowmen
  • fellows
  • fish
  • fishes
  • foundlings
  • fruitions
  • fulfillments
  • fulfilments
  • fussbudgets
  • fussers
  • fusspots
  • gains
  • girls
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • gripers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • guys
  • heads
  • hits
  • hominids
  • homos
  • hoydens
  • human beings
  • humanoids
  • humans
  • humors
  • implementations
  • imps
  • individuals
  • indulges
  • infants
  • issue
  • jackpots
  • juveniles
  • kiddies
  • kiddos
  • kids
  • kvetchers
  • kvetches
  • litter
  • little ones
  • lives
  • malcontents
  • megahits
  • men
  • minors
  • miracles
  • moaners
  • mollifies
  • mollycoddles
  • moppets
  • mortals
  • mothers
  • neighbors
  • neonates
  • newborn
  • newborns
  • nippers
  • nurses
  • nurslings
  • obliges
  • offspring
  • pacifies
  • pampers
  • parties
  • people
  • performances
  • personages
  • personalities
  • placates
  • pleases
  • preemies
  • premies
  • progeny
  • realizations
  • satisfies
  • scouts
  • screamers
  • selves
  • skills
  • slobs
  • smashes
  • snivelers
  • somebodies
  • sons of man
  • soothes
  • sorts
  • souls
  • specimens
  • spoils
  • squawkers
  • squirts
  • stiffs
  • successes
  • sucklings
  • tads
  • things
  • tikes
  • toddlers
  • tomboys
  • tots
  • triumphs
  • tykes
  • urchins
  • victories
  • wailers
  • weepers
  • wet-nurses
  • whiners
  • whippersnappers
  • wights
  • winners
  • wins
  • younglings
  • youngsters
  • youths

kickers

  • acknowledgements
  • acknowledgments
  • admissions
  • avowals
  • bears
  • bellyachers
  • bombshells
  • complainers
  • concessions
  • confessions
  • crabs
  • cranks
  • croakers
  • crocks
  • crosspatches
  • curmudgeons
  • defeatists
  • disclosures
  • divulgences
  • exposures
  • faultfinders
  • fussers
  • grinches
  • gripers
  • grouches
  • grousers
  • growlers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • hunks
  • hypochondriacs
  • kicks
  • killjoys
  • malcontents
  • murmurers
  • mutterers
  • naggers
  • nitpickers
  • objectors
  • party poopers
  • pessimists
  • quibblers
  • repiners
  • revelations
  • soreheads
  • sourpusses
  • spoilsports
  • surprises
  • surprizes
  • whiners

naggers

  • bears
  • bellyachers
  • complainers
  • crabs
  • cranks
  • croakers
  • crocks
  • crosspatches
  • curmudgeons
  • defeatists
  • faultfinders
  • fussers
  • grinches
  • gripers
  • grouches
  • grousers
  • growlers
  • grumblers
  • grumps
  • hunks
  • hypochondriacs
  • kickers
  • killjoys
  • malcontents
  • murmurers
  • mutterers
  • nitpickers
  • objectors
  • party poopers
  • pessimists
  • quibblers
  • repiners
  • soreheads
  • sourpusses
  • spoilsports
  • whiners

naysayers

  • belittlers
  • complainer
  • critics
  • cynic
  • cynics
  • defeatist
  • defeatists
  • deriders
  • detractors
  • doubters
  • downer
  • gloomy
  • killjoy
  • malcontents
  • misandrists
  • misanthrope
  • misanthropes
  • misogynists
  • negativists
  • party pooper
  • pessimists
  • prophet of doom
  • quitters
  • scoffers
  • skeptics
  • sourpuss
  • wet blanket

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