# revolt

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/ · frequency rank #10,757

## Definitions
1. To rebel, particularly against authority.
2. To repel greatly.
3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
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

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **revolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revolt-vs-revolve)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revolt)
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/report-vs-revolt)
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/result-vs-revolt)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-revolt)
- **repost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repost-vs-revolt)
- **reboot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reboot-vs-revolt)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-revolt)
- **revoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoke-vs-revolt)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retort-vs-revolt)
- **resold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resold-vs-revolt)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ervolt`, `reovlt`, `revlot`, `revollt`, `revoltt`, `revotl`, `revvolt`, `rrevolt`, `rveolt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/revolt