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uncooperative

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Synonyms & Antonyms of uncooperative

not willing to do what someone wants or asks for; not cooperative

uncooperative children

an uncooperative witness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for uncooperative

noncooperative

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

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,
restive,
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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for uncooperative

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

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

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