unruly - 3 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | unruly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient |
| Synonyms: | assertive, bawdy, disorderly, drunken, forward, fractious, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, lawless, mean, mutinous, obstreperous, opinionated, ornery, out of control, out of line, perverse, quarrelsome, rash, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unyielding, violent, wayward, wild, willful |
| Antonyms: | compliant, obedient, yielding |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | unruly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Not submitting to discipline or control. |
| Synonyms: | disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, untoward, wild |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | unruly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, difficult, disobedient, disorderly, feral, forward, fractious, froward, headstrong, indocile, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, lawless, mutinous, obstinate, obstreperous, ornery, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, raucous, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, stormy, stubborn, tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, vicious, violent, wanton, wayward, wild, willful |
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