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disobedient

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Synonyms & Antonyms of disobedient

given to resisting authority or another's control

the disobedient child refused to eat his vegetables

Synonyms for disobedient

balky,
contrary,
contumacious,
defiant,
froward,
incompliant,
insubordinate,
intractable,
obstreperous,
rebel,
rebellious,
recalcitrant,
recusant,
refractory,
restive,
ungovernable,
unruly,
untoward,
wayward,
willful
(or wilful)

Words Related to disobedient

noncooperative,
uncooperative

insurgent,
mutinous

adamant,
adamantine,
dogged,
hardheaded,
headstrong,
immovable,
implacable,
inflexible,
mulish,
negativistic,
obdurate,
obstinate,
opinionated,
peevish,
pertinacious,
pigheaded,
rigid,
self-willed,
stubborn,
unbending,
uncompromising,
unrelenting,
unyielding

fractious,
uncontrollable,
unmanageable,
wild

perverse,
resistant,
wrongheaded

bad,
disorderly,
errant,
misbehaving,
mischievous,
monkeying,
monkeyish,
naughty

undisciplined

dissident,
nonconformist

discourteous,
disrespectful,
ill-bred,
ill-mannered,
ill-natured,
impertinent,
impolite,
impudent,
inconsiderate,
insolent,
ornery,
rude,
uncivil,
uncouth,
ungracious,
unmannerly

Near Antonyms for disobedient

acquiescent,
agreeable,
amiable,
cooperative,
deferential,
obliging

yielding

behaved,
disciplined,
well-bred

courteous,
polite,
respectful

kowtowing,
obsequious,
servile,
slavish,
subservient

decorous,
mannerly,
orderly,
proper

controllable,
governable,
manageable,
trainable

Antonyms for disobedient

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

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“Disobedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobedient. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.

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