Synonyms of disobedient

disobedient

adjective

ˌdis-ə-ˈbē-dē-ənt 

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

the disobedient child refused to eat his vegetables

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disobedient

The news organizations also found that Garrison employees frequently removed students from their classrooms and sent them to crisis rooms when the students were upset, disobedient or aggressive. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025

But the main Putin-era methods for curtailing disobedient media proved to be lawfare and corporate takeovers. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2025

Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025

In 2003, as the House considered an overhaul to Medicare, the party’s leadership issued threats against disobedient Republicans who saw the bill as a giveaway to pharmaceutical and insurance companies. — James D’angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019