Need another word that means the same as “disobedient”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “disobedient” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Disobedient” are: unruly, insubordinate, wayward, errant, disorderly, delinquent, disruptive, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, mutinous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, wilful, unbiddable, intractable, obstreperous, awkward, difficult, perverse, contrary
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disobedient” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| awkward | Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with. Some awkward questions. |
| contrary | Resistant to guidance or discipline. Mary Mary quite contrary. |
| defiant | Showing defiance. A defiant gesture. |
| delinquent | (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime. A delinquent account. |
| difficult | Characterized by or causing hardships or problems. Difficult times. |
| disorderly | Involving or contributing to a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour. A disorderly pile of books. |
| disruptive | (of a company or form of technology) causing radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative. The hours of work are disruptive to home life. |
| errant | Travelling in search of adventure. An errant strand of hair. |
| insubordinate | Not submissive to authority. Insubordinate boys. |
| intractable | Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold. Intractable economic problems. |
| mutinous | Disposed to or in a state of mutiny. Mutinous thoughts. |
| obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant. The boy is cocky and obstreperous. |
| perverse | Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable. Kate s perverse decision not to cooperate held good. |
| rebellious | Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention. He smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair. |
| recalcitrant | Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators. |
| refractory | Not responding to treatment. Turkeys can be infected when young but are refractory as adults. |
| troublesome | Difficult to deal with. Schools are removing troublesome pupils. |
| unbiddable | Not strong enough to justify a bid. He recalled the days when a handful of unbiddable backbenchers could hold the government to ransom. |
| uncooperative | Unwilling to cooperate. An uncooperative witness. |
| unruly | Unwilling to submit to authority. Unruly teenagers. |
| wayward | Difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour. Wayward behavior. |
| wilful | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. A spoiled wilful child. |
| brash | Offensively bold. The cafe was a brash new building. |
| contrary | A contrary proposition. Mary Mary quite contrary. |
| contumacious | (especially of a defendant’s behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority. His refusal to make child support payments was contumacious. |
| contumacy | Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority. |
| defiant | Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force. Brought up to be aggressive and defiant. |
| dissenter | A member of a non-established Church; a Nonconformist. |
| dissentient | Refusing to attend services of the Church of England. Dissentient voices were castigated as hopeless bureaucrats. |
| dissident | Disagreeing, especially with a majority. A dissident who had been jailed by a military regime. |
| froward | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. |
| headstrong | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. The headstrong impulsiveness of youth. |
| ingratitude | A discreditable lack of gratitude. He returned his daughter s care with ingratitude and unkindness. |
| insubordinate | Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. Insubordinate boys. |
| maverick | Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. Maverick politicians. |
| mutinous | Wilful or disobedient. Antoinette looked mutinous but she obeyed. |
| nonconformist | Characterized by behaviour or views that do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices. She was a nonconformist an individualist. |
| nonconformity | A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs. Language difficulty will be seen in terms of nonconformity to standard ways. |
| objection | The speech act of objecting. They have raised no objections to the latest plans. |
| obstinate | Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. An obstinate child with a violent temper. |
| rebellious | Discontented as toward authority. He smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair. |
| recalcitrance | The trait of being unmanageable. |
| recalcitrant | Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. A class of recalcitrant fifteen year olds. |
| recusant | Of or denoting a recusant. Support for the exiled King was greatest among Catholic recusants. |
| refractory | Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace. It will treat ores considered refractory to normal flotation methods. |
| resist | A resistant substance applied as a coating to protect a surface during a process for example to prevent dye or glaze adhering. We will continue to resist changes to the treaty. |
| resistance | The degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current causing energy dissipation By Ohm s law resistance measured in ohms is equal to the voltage divided by the current. He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens. |
| resistive | Of or concerning electrical resistance. |
| restive | (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction. He reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together. |
| stubborn | Not responding to treatment. Stubborn rust stains. |
| unruly | Incapable of being controlled. A group of unruly children. |
| wayward | Difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour. A wayward adolescent. |
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