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Synonyms for incompliant
adj stubborn- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
intractable
adjective. difficult
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- intransigent
- locked
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tough
- tough nut
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
intractable/intransigent
adjective. difficult, stubborn
- 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
more intractable
adjective. difficult
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- intransigent
- locked
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tough
- tough nut
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
more intransigent
adjective. difficult, stubborn
- 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
more rigid
adjective. stiff, strict, severe
- adamant
- adamantine
- austere
- bullheaded
- changeless
- chiseled
- dead set
- definite
- determined
- exact
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-line
- harsh
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intransigent
- invariable
- locked in
- obdurate
- rigorous
- set
- set in stone
- single-minded
- solid
- static
- stern
- strait-laced
- stringent
- tough nut to crack
- unalterable
- unbending
- unbreakable
- unchanging
- uncompromising
- undeviating
- unmoving
- unpermissive
- unrelenting
- unyielding
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