INCOMPLIANT Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

incompliant

adjective

ˌin-kəm-ˈplī-ənt

Definition of incompliant

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control a perpetually incompliant employee who seemed to think that the rules did not apply to him

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Recent Examples of incompliant Financial regulators often use such orders to compel reforms at undercapitalized or incompliant banks. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompliant

Adjective

For seven seasons, a hodgepodge crew mixing Starfleet and the rebellious Maquis put aside their differences after they got zapped 70,000 lightyears away from Earth, deep into the uncharted Delta Quadrant.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
This could bring about sudden ideas, or trigger rebellious impulses and creative imagination.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of rebellious

Adjective

Under the Obama administration, an international coalition targeting the Libyan regime of Moammar Qadafi during the country’s 2011 civil war struck his fleeing convoy, leading to his capture and killing by rebel fighters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Assad was forced to flee the country after government forces collapsed in the face of a surprise offensive launched by a coalition of rebel groups, led by Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of rebel

Adjective

Juano Hernandez, one of the finest of all American actors, plays a proudly defiant Black man falsely accused of murder.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
Her face displays the trademark unibrow and faint mustache — a gender-bending look that, scholars say, reflects Kahlo’s defiant repudiation of the classic female aesthetic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of defiant

Adjective

For lipedema, Power Plate points to research suggesting whole-body vibration boosts lymphatic flow, which may liquefy and drain stubborn lymph fluid, relieve swelling and ease chronic pain.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
The grower will plant again next season, because that is what Israelis do, and the hope in that is stubborn.

— Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026

Definition of stubborn

Adjective

Part of the problem is that, outside of their tenants’ pleas, landlords face neither any real pressure nor any legal requirement to install shutters and ceiling fans; even owners who want to do so are thwarted by recalcitrant co-op boards or finicky historic-preservation reviews.

— Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
The patron saint of the 2024 Democratic National Convention was Fannie Lou Hamer—recalcitrant sharecropper turned agitator and, like the Democratic presidential nominee, a black woman.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Definition of recalcitrant

Adjective

Volatility versus the stock’s weighting in the index Amid so many contrary forces, analysts and investors are anticipating a high degree of volatility and advising caution as hedging activity around the stock simmers.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 July 2026
The voter response to Measure A should send a strong contrary message.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026