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Synonyms for rebellious
adj disobedient, unmanageable- alienated
- disaffected
- fractious
- recalcitrant
- restless
- turbulent
- unruly
- warring
- 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
Antonyms for rebellious
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contrary
adjective. antagonistic; opposite
- adverse
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- antithetical
- balky
- clashing
- conflicting
- contradictory
- contrariant
- contumacious
- converse
- counter
- diametric
- discordant
- dissentient
- dissident
- froward
- headstrong
- hostile
- inconsistent
- inimical
- insubordinate
- intractable
- negative
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- obstinate
- opposed
- ornery
- paradoxical
- perverse
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- refractory
- restive
- reverse
- stubborn
- unruly
- wayward
- wrongheaded
contumacious
adjective. headstrong, obstinate
disaffected
adjective. alienated, estranged
disorderly
adjective. causing trouble; unlawful
factious
adjective. conflicting, warring
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.