Definition for Defiance:

• a hostile challenge

Synonyms for Defiance:

• n.

  •
  • breach,
  • nonobservance.
  •
  • provocation.
  •
  • resist.
  •act (noun)
  • defiance.
  •attribute (noun)
  • rebelliousness.
  •audacity (noun)
  • hardinesses,
  • dis respectfulness,
  • shamelessnesses,
  • de fiance,
  • cockinesses,
  • de-fiance,
  • dis-respectfulnesses,
  • de-fiances,
  • dis-respectfulness,
  • disrespectfulnesses,
  • de fiances,
  • dis respectfulnesses.
  •bravery (noun)
  • valor.
  •challenge (noun)
  • pro vocation,
  • re monstrance,
  • inter-rogations,
  • inter rogations,
  • inter rogation,
  • inter-rogation,
  • re-monstrance,
  • summons contest,
  • pro vocations,
  • claimings,
  • re-monstrances,
  • pro-vocation,
  • demandings,
  • pro-vocations,
  • re monstrances.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • engagement,
  • encounter,
  • clash.
  •contempt (noun)
  • Despisement,
  • neglect,
  • hatred,
  • mockery.
  •contradiction (noun)
  • gainsayings,
  • in consistency,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-agreement,
  • in-congruity,
  • in-consistency,
  • in congruities,
  • buckings,
  • in-consistencies,
  • in congruity,
  • confutations,
  • in consistencies,
  • in-congruities.
  •counteraction (noun)
  • neutralization,
  • Counterwork.
  •defiance (noun)
  • contravention,
  • attack,
  • insolence,
  • boldness,
  • recalcitrance,
  • dissent,
  • dissension,
  • affront,
  • stubbornness,
  • temerity,
  • insubordination.
  •desperation (noun)
  • impetuosities.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • complaint,
  • disaccord,
  • divisiveness,
  • contention,
  • rejection,
  • disunity,
  • argument,
  • nonagreement,
  • repudiation.
  •disobedience (noun)
  • Non-observance,
  • Insubmission,
  • mutiny,
  • indiscipline,
  • waywardness.
  •disobedience, disregard (noun)
  • effrontery,
  • brazenness,
  • Factiousness,
  • sass,
  • order,
  • spite,
  • gas,
  • unruliness,
  • command,
  • cartel,
  • lip,
  • call,
  • muster,
  • contrariness,
  • throwing of the gauntlet,
  • Impugnment,
  • stump,
  • hot air,
  • dare,
  • intractableness,
  • big talk,
  • confrontation,
  • guts,
  • summons,
  • defy,
  • back talk,
  • perversity,
  • enjoinder.
  •overconfidence (noun)
  • over-confidence.
  •presumptuousness (noun)
  • pre-sumptuousnesses,
  • pre-sumptuousness,
  • pre sumptuousness,
  • pre sumptuousnesses.
  •rashness (noun)
  • desperation.
  •rebellion (noun)
  • dis-sents,
  • dis sents,
  • non-conformities,
  • dis-sent,
  • up risings,
  • non conformity,
  • non conformities,
  • dis sent,
  • up-rising,
  • up-risings,
  • up rising.
  •refusal (noun)
  • non-consent,
  • withholdings,
  • renouncements,
  • nonconsent,
  • forbiddings,
  • renouncement,
  • turndown,
  • knockback,
  • refutation,
  • nonacceptance,
  • disavowal,
  • NOS,
  • refusal,
  • enjoinment,
  • non-acceptance,
  • disavowals.
  •resistance (noun)
  • impedances,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • resistance,
  • imperviousness,
  • Renitence,
  • striking back,
  • impeding,
  • Renitency,
  • impedance,
  • retardation.
  •transgression (noun)
  • mis-deed,
  • mis demeanors,
  • breaking of law,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • mis deed,
  • over-stepping,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis-deeds,
  • mis demeanor,
  • mis deeds,
  • over stepping,
  • errings,
  • breaking law,
  • oversteppings.
  •unwillingness (noun)
  • Averseness,
  • disinclination,
  • reluctance,
  • unwillingness,
  • balkiness,
  • Repellency,
  • repugnance,
  • distaste.
  •uppishness (noun)
  • uppishness.
  •uppityness (noun)
  • uppityness.
  •valor (noun)
  • in vincibilities,
  • indomitablenesses,
  • derringdo,
  • de-terminations,
  • de-termination,
  • derring do,
  • re solutions,
  • re-solutions,
  • in vincibility,
  • de termination,
  • re-solution,
  • in-vincibilities,
  • de terminations,
  • in-vincibility,
  • invincibilities.

• v.

  •boasting (verb)
  • bravado.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • recalcitrancy,
  • infraction,
  • courage,
  • contumacy,
  • noncompliance.
  •
  • despite.
  •
  • wrong.

Paraphrases for Defiance:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    challenges, resistance.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stamina, violation, contradiction, ignorance, breach, distrust, neglect, negligence, confrontation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disregard, contempt, disobedience, contravention, disdain, disrespect, scorn, Flouting, insolence, spite, non-compliance, mistrust, non-confidence, provocation, denial, infringement, denigration.

Antonyms for Defiance:

• n.

  • disobedience, disregard
    submission, care, modesty, caution, fear, love, subordination, cowardice, acquiescence, calm, harmony, answer, timidity, regard, obedience, peace, humility, respect.
  • Other antonyms:
    complaisance, agreeability, trainability, mildness, amiability, nonaggression, benevolence, subservience, tractableness, acceptance, amenability, friendliness, pleasantness, kindliness, amicability, gentleness, tractability, approval, dutifulness, pacifism, affability, slavishness, subordinateness, sociability, geniality, Anti-imperialism, Subserviency, Placability, cordiality, graciousness.

Defiance Sentence Examples:

• Probably this impression lay at the root of Arabi's defiance.

• He met Jake's look almost with defiance.

Homophones for Defiance:

• defang, deafening, deviance, deep-pink, deepening, deepness, diapensiaceae, defeminise, debunk, defence, diving, diapensia, dubbing, defeminize, defining, diaphanous, Da Vinci, defense, dbms, daubing, deafness.

Hypernym for Defiance:

• n.

  • attribute
    insubordination, obstreperousness.

Hyponym for Defiance:

• n.

  • act
    resistance.
  • attribute
    intractability, intractableness.
  • communication
    challenge.