What are the opposite words for obedient?
Obedient is a word that implies compliance or conformity to rules, laws, or authority. Antonyms for obedient would offer contrasting words that connote resistance, defiance, or nonconformity. Some antonyms for obedient are independent, rebellious, dissident, nonconformist, insubordinate, disobedient, and defiant. These words describe people who challenge authority and refuse to conform to established rules or principles. While obedience is often associated with positive traits such as discipline and respect, it can also be seen as a weakness or a lack of individuality. Antonyms for obedient offer a different perspective on how one can assert their autonomy and exercise their free will.
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- obstinate
- disobedient
- defiant
- wicked
- contumacious
- doctrinaire
- fractious
- headstrong
- incorrigible
- noncompliant
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- renegade
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- stubborn
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- dictatorial
- disorderly
- dogmatic
- imperious
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- lawless
- mischievous
- naughty
- quarrelsome
- radical
- rebellious
- subversive
- turbulent
- unruly
- wayward
- all
- headstrong, obstinate
- disobedient, disregardful
- tyrannical, authoritarian
- defiant, mischievous
- causing trouble; unlawful
- dictatorial, opinionated
- bossy, overbearing
- bad, hopeless
- reckless, ungoverned
- bad, misbehaved
- unwilling to go along with something
- well-behaved; submissive
- being disagreeable
- deviating by extremes
- not obeying
- disobedient, unmanageable
- disobedient, uncontrollable
- impatient, nervous
- chaotic, wild
- boisterous, noisy
- rebellious, destructive
- unsettled, raging (referring to weather)
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- obstinate
- disobedient
- defiant
-
wicked
- amoral,
- low-down,
- unrighteous,
- lowdown,
- de based,
- de generate,
- de-based,
- de-generate,
- dis solute,
- dis-solute,
- in decent,
- in-decent,
- low down,
- more amoral,
- more low down,
- more low-down,
- more lowdown,
- more unrighteous,
- most amoral,
- most lowdown,
- most unrighteous,
- pro fane,
- pro-fane,
- re probate,
- re-probate,
- un ethical,
- un principled,
- un-ethical,
- un-principled,
- un-righteous.
- contumacious
- doctrinaire
- fractious
-
headstrong
- hard-nosed,
- headstrong,
- mule,
- self-willed,
- strong-minded,
- hard core,
- head-strong,
- hard nosed,
- hard shell,
- hardnosed,
- hardshell,
- head strong,
- locked-in,
- lockedin,
- more hard nosed,
- more locked in,
- more locked-in,
- more lockedin,
- more murder,
- more self willed,
- more self-willed,
- more selfwilled,
- more strong minded,
- more strong-minded,
- more strongminded,
- most locked in,
- most locked-in,
- most lockedin,
- most murder,
- most self willed,
- most self-willed,
- most selfwilled,
- most strong minded,
- most strong-minded,
- most strongminded,
- muler,
- mulest,
- self willed,
- selfwilled,
- strong minded,
- strongminded,
- un governable.
-
incorrigible
- irredeemable,
- uncorrectable,
- Recidivous,
- beastlier,
- unreformed,
- beastliest,
- in corrigible,
- in curable,
- in-corrigible,
- in-curable,
- more irredeemable,
- more loser,
- more recidivous,
- more uncorrectable,
- more unreformed,
- most irredeemable,
- most loser,
- most recidivous,
- most uncorrectable,
- most unreformed,
- un correctable,
- un reformed,
- un-correctable,
- un-reformed.
- noncompliant
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- renegade
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- stubborn
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
-
dictatorial
- iron-handed,
- crack the whip,
- Over-bearing,
- crack-the-whip,
- dictative,
- iron handed,
- ironhanded,
- more crack the whip,
- more crack-the-whip,
- more dictative,
- more iron handed,
- more iron-handed,
- more ironhanded,
- most crack the whip,
- most crack-the-whip,
- most iron handed,
- most ironhanded,
- over bearing,
- throwing weight around,
- un restricted,
- un-limited,
- un-restricted.
-
disorderly
- off-base,
- termagant,
- indisciplined,
- dis orderly,
- dis-orderly,
- in disciplined,
- in temperate,
- in-disciplined,
- in-temperate,
- more off base,
- more off-base,
- more offbase,
- more on-a-tear,
- more out of line,
- more out of order,
- more out-of-line,
- more termagant,
- most indisciplined,
- most off base,
- most off-base,
- most on a tear,
- most out of order,
- most out-of-line,
- most termagant,
- offbase,
- on a tear,
- on-a-tear,
- out-of-line,
- out-of-order,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- un controllable,
- un manageable,
- un-controllable,
- un-governable,
- un-manageable.
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dogmatic
- by nature,
- deductive,
- doctrinal,
- fascistic,
- on faith,
- peremptory,
- wrongheaded,
- ex cathedra,
- wrong-headed,
- excathedra,
- as a matter of course,
- as a matter course,
- as matter course,
- as matter of course,
- by fiat,
- by natural law,
- de finite,
- de-finite,
- ex-cathedra,
- high mighty,
- in evitable,
- in tolerant,
- in-evitable,
- in-tolerant,
- more deductive,
- more excathedra,
- more fascistic,
- more wrong headed,
- more wrong-headed,
- more wrongheaded,
- most deductive,
- most doctrinal,
- most excathedra,
- most fascistic,
- most reasoned,
- most wrong headed,
- most wrong-headed,
- most wrongheaded,
- narrow minded,
- narrowminded,
- un changeable,
- un equivocal,
- un erring,
- un qualified,
- un-changeable,
- un-equivocal,
- un-qualified,
- wrong headed.
- imperious
- insubordinate
- insurgent
-
lawless
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- piratical,
- recusant,
- unpeaceful,
- non-conformist,
- dis ordered,
- dis-ordered,
- more anarchic,
- more anarchistic,
- more infringing,
- more piratical,
- more recusant,
- more terrorizing,
- more unpeaceful,
- most anarchic,
- most anarchistic,
- most infringing,
- most recusant,
- most terrorizing,
- most unpeaceful,
- non conformist,
- un civilized,
- un cultivated,
- un peaceful,
- un tamed,
- un-civilized,
- un-cultivated,
- un-peaceful,
- un-restrained,
- un-tamed.
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mischievous
- dickens,
- impish,
- mischievous,
- rascally,
- teasing,
- ill-behaved,
- ex asperating,
- ex-asperating,
- ill behaved,
- illbehaved,
- mis behaving,
- mis-behaving,
- more dickens,
- more exasperating,
- more ill behaved,
- more ill-behaved,
- more misbehaving,
- more rascal,
- more rascally,
- more vexing,
- most dickens,
- most exasperating,
- most ill behaved,
- most ill-behaved,
- most illbehaved,
- most misbehaving,
- most rascal,
- most vexing,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious.
- naughty
- quarrelsome
- radical
- rebellious
- subversive
-
turbulent
- stirred up,
- Stormful,
- ex cited,
- ex-cited,
- in-clement,
- more blustering,
- more foaming,
- more howling,
- more moiling,
- more ruffled,
- more stormful,
- more storming,
- more swirling,
- most blustering,
- most foaming,
- most howling,
- most moiling,
- most roughhouse,
- most ruffled,
- most stormful,
- most storming,
- most swirling,
- tumultous- tumultuous,
- un bridled,
- un stable,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un-bridled,
- un-stable,
- un-stabler,
- un-stablest.
- unruly
- wayward
- all
- headstrong, obstinate
- disobedient, disregardful
- tyrannical, authoritarian
- defiant, mischievous
- causing trouble; unlawful
- dictatorial, opinionated
- bossy, overbearing
- bad, hopeless
- reckless, ungoverned
- bad, misbehaved
- unwilling to go along with something
- well-behaved; submissive
- being disagreeable
- deviating by extremes
- not obeying
- disobedient, unmanageable
- disobedient, uncontrollable
- impatient, nervous
- chaotic, wild
- boisterous, noisy
- rebellious, destructive
- unsettled, raging (referring to weather)
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
