Need another word that means the same as “rebellious”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “rebellious” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Rebellious” are: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, turbulent, mutinous, wayward, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, resistant, dissentient, insurgent, disorderly, lawless, out of control, riotous, revolutionary, seditious, subversive
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rebellious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| defiant | Showing defiance. Brought up to be aggressive and defiant. |
| disaffected | Dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control. A military plot by disaffected elements in the army. |
| disobedient | Unwilling to submit to authority. Larry was stern with disobedient employees. |
| disorderly | Lacking organization; untidy. A disorderly pile of books. |
| dissentient | In opposition to a majority or official opinion. Dissentient voices were castigated as hopeless bureaucrats. |
| ill-affected | Discontented as toward authority. |
| insubordinate | Not submissive to authority. An insubordinate attitude. |
| insurgent | Relating to rebels. A series of insurgent attacks. |
| intractable | Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold. Intractable pain. |
| lawless | Lax in enforcing laws. It was a lawless anarchic city. |
| malcontent | Dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious. The malcontent generals saw their role as leaders of this counter revolution. |
| mutinous | Consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny. Antoinette looked mutinous but she obeyed. |
| obstreperous | Noisy and difficult to control. Obstreperous boys. |
| out of control | Not worth considering as a possibility. |
| recalcitrant | Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. A class of recalcitrant fifteen year olds. |
| refractory | (of a substance) resistant to heat; hard to melt or fuse. It will treat ores considered refractory to normal flotation methods. |
| resistant | Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection. Some of the old Churches are resistant to change. |
| revolutionary | Engaged in or promoting political revolution. A revolutionary discovery. |
| riotous | Hilariously funny. Riotous times. |
| seditious | Arousing to action or rebellion. The letter was declared seditious. |
| subversive | In opposition to a civil authority or government. Subversive literature. |
| turbulent | (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. The turbulent sea. |
| uncontrollable | Of persons. Uncontrollable pain. |
| ungovernable | Of persons. An ungovernable impulse to run away. |
| unmanageable | Hard to control. An unmanageable situation. |
| unruly | Incapable of being controlled. Unruly teenagers. |
| wayward | Resistant to guidance or discipline. His wayward emotions. |
| apostate | A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. After fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith. |
| character | A characteristic especially one that assists in the identification of a species. The island is full of character. |
| child | An immature childish person. He remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived. |
| 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. |
| contumely | Insolent or insulting language or treatment. The Church should not be exposed to gossip and contumely. |
| defiant | Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force. A defiant attitude. |
| disloyal | Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle. She was accused of being disloyal to the government. |
| disobedient | Unwilling to submit to authority. Larry was stern with disobedient employees. |
| faithless | Without religious faith. The faithless Benedict Arnold. |
| insubordinate | Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. A history of insubordinate behavior. |
| insurgent | Relating to rebels. Alleged links with insurgent groups. |
| mutinous | Consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny. A mutinous speech. |
| perfidious | Deceitful and untrustworthy. The perfidious Judas. |
| rebel | Take part in a rebellion renounce a former allegiance. As I came over the hill my legs rebelled I could walk no further. |
| renegade | Become a renegade. He was a renegade and social malcontent. |
| 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. |
| resistant | Impervious to being affected. The new hybrid is more resistant to drought. |
| resistive | Of or concerning electrical resistance. |
| restive | Being in a tense state. The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive. |
| stubborn | Difficult to move, remove, or cure. A stubborn refusal to learn from experience. |
| teen | Relating to teenagers. A teen idol. |
| traitor | Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. He was a traitor to his own class. |
| traitorous | Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous. When his traitorous actions were discovered he was imprisoned. |
| treacherous | Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. A holidaymaker was swept away by treacherous currents. |
| treason | The action of betraying someone or something. Doubt is the ultimate treason against faith. |
| treasonable | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. There was no evidence of treasonable activity. |
| turncoat | A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat. |
| unfaithful | Having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. Her husband was unfaithful. |
| unruly | Incapable of being controlled. Unruly teenagers. |
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