law-abiding

Synonyms

amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, submissive, tractable;

Antonyms

balky, contrary, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful);

Near Antonyms

insurgent, mutinous;

dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding;

uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild;

perverse, resistant;

disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty;

ill-bred, undisciplined;

dissident, nonconformist;

disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude;

Related Words

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, dutiful, obliging, placable;

fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient;

decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly;

controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, trainable;

gentle, meek, mild;