| Main Entry: | ungovernable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of control |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, indocile, uncontrollable, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wild |
Antonyms: |
controllable, manageable, rulable |
| Main Entry: | ungovernable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, disorderly, fractious, impetuous, impotent, intractable, irrepressible, mutinous, rampant, refractory, unbridled, uncontrollable, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wild |
Antonyms: |
orderly |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble; unlawful |
Synonyms: |
boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, indisciplined, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, off-base, on-a-tear, out-of-line, out-of-order, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward |
Antonyms: |
behaved, conforming, disciplined, manageable, orderly, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | furious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy, turbulent |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, concentrated, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fierce, flaming, impetuous, intense, intensified, raging, rampageous, rough, savage, tempestuous, terrible, tumultous/tumultuous, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, vicious, violent, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate, peaceful, quiet |
| Main Entry: | headstrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
Synonyms: |
bullheaded, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core, hard-nosed, hard-shell, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, locked-in, mule, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, rash, reckless, refractory, self-willed, strong-minded, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | incontinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking control |
Synonyms: |
unchecked, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, ungovernable, unsuppressed |
| Notes: | incompetent means not qualified or showing lack of skill or aptitude; incontinent means lacking control over urination and defecation |
Antonyms: |
continent, restrained |
| Main Entry: | insubordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
contrary, contumacious, defiant, disaffected, disobedient, disorderly, dissentious, factious, fractious, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, naughty, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, seditious, treacherous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncomplying, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly |
Antonyms: |
behaved, compliant, obedient |
| Main Entry: | intractable /intransigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, stubborn |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, set in stone, tenacious, tough, tough-nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful |
Antonyms: |
amenable, easy, facile, manageable |
| Main Entry: | mutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
Synonyms: |
anarchistic, contumacious, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, radical, rebel, revolutionary, rioting, riotous, subversive, traitorous, treasonable, ungovernable, unmanageable |
| Main Entry: | naughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, misbehaved |
Synonyms: |
annoying, badly behaved, contrary, disobedient, disorderly, evil, exasperating, fiendish, fractious, froward, headstrong, impish, indecorous, insubordinate, intractable, mischievous, obstreperous, perverse, playful, rascally, raunchy, recalcitrant, refractory, rough, rowdy, sinful, teasing, tough, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wanton, wayward, wicked, willful, worthless, wrong |
Antonyms: |
behaved, controlled, good, obedient |