Synonyms of contumacious

contumacious

adjective

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

the judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebellious
• rebel
• defiant
• willful
• stubborn
• wilful
• disobedient
• insubordinate
• contrary
• obstreperous
• recalcitrant
• mischievous
• unruly
• wayward
• intractable
• dogged
• refractory
• rigid
• naughty
• ungovernable
• adamant
• restive
• balky
• recusant
• dissident
• froward
• untoward
• unrelenting
• obstinate
• incompliant
• rude
• insurgent
• uncooperative
• wild
• uncontrollable
• mutinous
• obdurate
• resistant
• pertinacious
• implacable
• mulish
• bad
• peevish
• negativistic
• opinionated
• noncooperative
• uncompromising
• headstrong
• unbending
• unyielding
• unmanageable
• insolent
• disorderly
• impudent
• inflexible
• immovable
• adamantine
• pigheaded
• hardheaded
• undisciplined
• monkeying
• discourteous
• wrongheaded
• fractious
• self-willed
• disrespectful
• perverse
• ungracious
• ornery
• errant
• unmannerly
• nonconformist
• uncivil
• inconsiderate
• uncouth
• impertinent
• impolite
• misbehaving
• ill-natured
• ill-mannered
• ill-bred
• monkeyish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obedient
• submissive
• docile
• amiable
• cooperative
• tractable
• compliant
• amenable
• conformable
• agreeable
• deferential
• acquiescent
• behaved
• biddable
• disciplined
• obliging
• courteous
• polite
• yielding
• well-bred
• servile
• respectful
• ruly
• obsequious
• slavish
• orderly
• subservient
• decorous
• proper
• mannerly
• controllable
• manageable
• trainable
• kowtowing
• governable

See More

• obedient
• submissive
• docile
• amiable
• cooperative
• tractable
• compliant
• amenable
• conformable
• agreeable
• deferential
• acquiescent
• behaved
• biddable
• disciplined
• obliging
• courteous
• polite
• yielding
• well-bred
• servile
• respectful
• ruly
• obsequious
• slavish
• orderly
• subservient
• decorous
• proper
• mannerly
• controllable
• manageable
• trainable
• kowtowing
• governable

See More

Podcast

Get Word of the Day delivered to your inbox!