Synonyms of recusant

recusant 1 of 2

adjective

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

several recusant senators refused to vote as commanded by the party leadership

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

recusant

2 of 2

noun

as in resister

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resister
• resistant
• rebel
• mutineer
• challenger
• oppositionist
• insurgent
• insubordinate
• defier
• red
• revolutionist
• refuser
• anarchist
• revolutionary
• insurrectionary
• insurrectionist
• extremist
• discontent
• revolter
• radical
• anarch
• malcontent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patriot
• supporter
• loyalist
• counterrevolutionary
• counterinsurgent
• counterrevolutionist

Examples of recusant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The uniform of the conformist — sports shirt, cardigan, tennis shoes — is as easily recognized as that of the recusant — dirty white T, sideburns, two days’ growth of beard. —Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019

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