mutiny

UK: /ˈmjuːtɪni/ US: /ˈmjutəni/ ,(myo̅o̅t′n ē)

Inflections of 'mutiny' (n): npl: mutinies

Inflections of 'mutiny' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

mutinies

v 3rd person singular

mutinying

v pres p

mutinied

v past

mutinied

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mu•ti•ny /ˈmyutəni/   n., pl. -nies, v., -nied, -ny•ing. 
n. 

1. rebellion against legal authority, esp. by sailors or soldiers against their officers:
   [uncountable] guilty of mutiny.
   [countable] a short mutiny on board the ship.

v. [no object]

2. to commit mutiny:
   The crew mutinied because of bad food.

mu•ti•neer, n. [countable]
mu•ti•nous, adj. 

: a mutinous crew with no sense of morals.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mu•ti•ny  (myo̅o̅t′n ē), n., pl. -nies, v., -nied, -ny•ing. 
n. 

1. revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, esp. by sailors against their officers.
2. rebellion against any authority.

v.i. 

3. to commit the offense of mutiny;
   revolt against authority.

• Middle French mutiner, derivative of mutin mutiny; see mutineer) + -y³
• obsolete mutine to mutiny (1560–70

Synonyms

• 2. uprising, overthrow, coup, takeover.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mutiny / ˈmjuːtɪnɪ/ noun ( -nies)

1. open rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers

verb ( -nies, -nying, -nied)

1. (intransitive) to engage in mutiny

Etymology: 16th Century: from obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin rebellious, from meute mutiny, ultimately from Latin movēre to move