INDOCILE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

indocile

adjective

Definition of indocile

as in rebellious

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Adjective

While many may remember Cooter as a gregarious good ‘ol boy, the character had a wild, rebellious side in the first season of the show.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
In a somewhat rebellious moment, Meghan attended her first Trooping the Colour ceremony wearing an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebellious

Adjective

Conduct disorder affects children and teens and involves a consistent pattern of disobedient and aggressive behaviors.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 21 May 2026
Rising gas prices and an unpopular war in Iran have infuriated prominent MAGA figures online, but in terms of GOP elections, the president has been able to elbow out critics in Congress and disobedient legislators in red states.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 May 2026

Definition of disobedient

Adjective

There was no music and no hustle and bustle in Inwood on Sunday; just the sound of barricades being laid out in the normally boisterous neighborhood.

— Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
The players were much bigger than Nikolich was at the time, the crowd was boisterous and the lights were exceedingly bright.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of boisterous

Adjective

Nearby, the irrepressible older artist Nina Yankowitz, who completed a retrospective of her six-decade-long career at the Parrish earlier this year, was talking to Joan Semmel, 93, in a dress adorned with stars.

— Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Holding it all together is the irrepressible Rodri, sweeping up loose balls and snuffing out counter-attacks with a positional awareness few central midfielders match.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of irrepressible

Adjective

The little girl could be heard well over a rowdy crowd that had about been lulled into passiveness — and eventually, boos in the fifth round — in the humdrum title fight.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
What follows is a rowdy and uproarious road trip across America, inspired by Green Day’s early days of touring in a van, years before the release of their breakout record, Dookie.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of rowdy

Adjective

By later this evening, the moon will also join forces with Mars, which is where the energy becomes noticeably faster and possibly rambunctious.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Assistant defensive backs coach Duane Akina, who, despite rapidly approaching 70 years of age, was perhaps the spriest, most energetic and most rambunctious soul on the field.

— Latif Love August 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of rambunctious

Adjective

When Martín is kidnapped by a monster, Cleo ventures into the jungle to rescue him, aided by an elderly witch and a naughty anteater.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 July 2026
People would hang from windows, encouraging you to do naughty things, and my thumb has never been sorer from back-and-forth gestures.

— Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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