| Main Entry: | defiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, disregardful |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, audacious, bold, challenging, contumacious, daring, gutsy, insolent, insubmissive, insubordinate, mutinous, obstinate, provocative, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, resistant, resistive, sassy*, truculent |
Antonyms: |
acquiescent, obedient, respectful, submissive, submitting, subordinating |
| Main Entry: | recalcitrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, uncontrollable |
Synonyms: |
contrary, contumacious, defiant, fractious, indomitable, insubmissive, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, withstanding |
Antonyms: |
amenable, obedient, passive |
| Main Entry: | froward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ornery |
Synonyms: |
adverse, balky, contrary, cross, disobedient, headstrong, insubmissive, obstinate, peevish, perverse, petulant, refractory, stubborn, unfavorable, untoward, unyielding |