Counterrevolutionist and Revolutionary

Counterrevolutionist

Counterrevolutionist noun - A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.

Revolutionary is an antonym for counterrevolutionist.

Revolutionary

Revolutionary noun - A person who rises up against authority.
Usage example: at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries

Counterrevolutionist is an antonym for revolutionary.

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