revolt
re·volt/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/verb, noun
revolt is spelled R-E-V-O-L-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (re·volt). It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, revolt means “To rebel, particularly against authority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in revolt?
| Letters | 6: R-E-V-O-L-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·volt |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is revolt?
Revolt appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce revolt?
- US /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
- UK /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
- UK /ɹɪˈvɒlt/
Revolt has 2 syllables, split re·volt in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-revolt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with revolt?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as revolt from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: volter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of revolt
- revolts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- revolting participle, present
- revolted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does revolt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To rebel, particularly against authority.
The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
- 2
To repel greatly.
Your brother revolts me!
- 3
To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
- 4
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- 5
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- 6
to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
noun
- 1
An act of revolting.
– It's a revolt? – No, Sire, it's a revolution...
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Revolt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | se révolter , révolter , révolte |
| German | revoltieren , Revolte |
| Portuguese | revoltar , revolta, rebelião |
| Spanish | alzarse en protesta, revolverse , rebelión, revuelta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does revolt come from?
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).