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un governable
adjective as in incontinent
adjective as in insubordinate
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
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- 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
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in mutinous
adjective as in naughty
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adjective as in rampant
Strongest matches
adjective as in rebellious
Weak matches
- anarchistic
- attacking
- bellicose
- contumacious
- defiant
- difficult
- disloyal
- disobedient
- disorderly
- dissident
- factious
- iconoclastic
- incorrigible
- individualistic
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intractable
- mutinous
- obstinate
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- radical
- rebel
- refractory
- resistant
- revolutionary
- rioting
- riotous
- sabotaging
- seditious
- threatening
- treasonable
- ungovernable
adjective as in recalcitrant
adjective as in troublesome
Strongest matches
adjective as in turbulent
Weak matches
- agitated
- anarchic
- angry
- boisterous
- demonstrative
- destructive
- disorderly
- excited
- fiery
- foaming
- insubordinate
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- passionate
- perturbed
- rabid
- rambunctious
- rampant
- refractory
- riotous
- roughhouse
- rude
- seditious
- shaking
- stern
- storming
- termagant
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- untamed
- uproarious
- vehement
- vociferous
- wild
adjective as in unbridled
adjective as in uncontrollable
adjective as in unmanageable
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in untoward
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in violent
Strongest matches
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
adjective as in wild
Weak matches
- boisterous
- chaotic
- crazed
- enthusiastic
- extravagant
- flighty
- foolhardy
- foolish
- giddy
- hysterical
- impetuous
- imprudent
- incautious
- lawless
- licentious
- mad
- noisy
- outrageous
- preposterous
- rabid
- reckless
- riotous
- self-willed
- turbulent
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- unfettered
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unrestrained
- unruly
- uproarious
- violent
- wayward
adjective as in intractable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in out of control
adjective as in ungovernable
adjective as in refractory
adjective as in ungovernable
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in disorderly
adjective as in furious
adjective as in headstrong
adjective as in incontinent
adjective as in insubordinate
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
Weak matches
- 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
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in mutinous
adjective as in naughty
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adjective as in rampant
Strongest matches
adjective as in rebellious
Weak matches
- anarchistic
- attacking
- bellicose
- contumacious
- defiant
- difficult
- disloyal
- disobedient
- disorderly
- dissident
- factious
- iconoclastic
- incorrigible
- individualistic
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intractable
- mutinous
- obstinate
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- radical
- rebel
- refractory
- resistant
- revolutionary
- rioting
- riotous
- sabotaging
- seditious
- threatening
- treasonable
- ungovernable
adjective as in recalcitrant
adjective as in troublesome
Strongest matches
adjective as in turbulent
Weak matches
- agitated
- anarchic
- angry
- boisterous
- demonstrative
- destructive
- disorderly
- excited
- fiery
- foaming
- insubordinate
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- passionate
- perturbed
- rabid
- rambunctious
- rampant
- refractory
- riotous
- roughhouse
- rude
- seditious
- shaking
- stern
- storming
- termagant
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- untamed
- uproarious
- vehement
- vociferous
- wild
adjective as in unbridled
adjective as in uncontrollable
adjective as in unmanageable
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in untoward
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in violent
Strongest matches
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
adjective as in wild
Weak matches
- boisterous
- chaotic
- crazed
- enthusiastic
- extravagant
- flighty
- foolhardy
- foolish
- giddy
- hysterical
- impetuous
- imprudent
- incautious
- lawless
- licentious
- mad
- noisy
- outrageous
- preposterous
- rabid
- reckless
- riotous
- self-willed
- turbulent
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- unfettered
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unrestrained
- unruly
- uproarious
- violent
- wayward
adjective as in intractable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in out of control
adjective as in ungovernable
adjective as in refractory
adjective as in ungovernable
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in disorderly
adjective as in furious
adjective as in headstrong
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On this page you'll find 1020 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to un-governable, such as: unchecked, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, ungovernable, and unsuppressed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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