What is another word for defiance?
379 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈa͡ɪ͡əns], [ dɪfˈaɪəns], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈaɪə_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for defiance:- act (noun)
- attribute (noun)
- audacity (noun)
- bravery (noun)
- challenge (noun)
- confrontation (noun)
- contempt (noun)
- contradiction (noun)
- counteraction (noun)
- defiance (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- disagreement (noun)
- disobedience (noun)
- disobedience, disregard (noun)
- imperviousness (noun)
- insolence (noun)
- insusceptibility (noun)
- nerviness (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- overconfidence (noun)
- presumptuousness (noun)
- rebellion (noun)
- refusal (noun)
- resistance (noun)
- transgression (noun)
- unwillingness (noun)
- uppishness (noun)
- uppityness (noun)
- valor (noun)
- boasting (verb)
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Synonyms for Defiance:
n.
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- breach,
- nonobservance.
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- provocation.
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- resist.
- hardinesses,
- dis respectfulness,
- shamelessnesses,
- de fiance,
- cockinesses,
- de-fiance,
- dis-respectfulnesses,
- de-fiances,
- dis-respectfulness,
- disrespectfulnesses,
- de fiances,
- dis respectfulnesses.
- 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.
- 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.
- contravention,
- attack,
- insolence,
- boldness,
- recalcitrance,
- dissent,
- dissension,
- affront,
- stubbornness,
- temerity,
- insubordination.
- complaint,
- disaccord,
- divisiveness,
- contention,
- rejection,
- disunity,
- argument,
- nonagreement,
- repudiation.
- 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.
- Contemptuousness,
- impertinence,
- discourtesy,
- callousness,
- irreverence,
- derisiveness,
- brashness,
- rudeness,
- arrogance,
- disesteem.
- in-civilities,
- dis-courtesy,
- in-civility,
- dis courtesy,
- dis courtesies,
- dis respects,
- in civilities,
- dis-courtesies,
- dis-respects,
- in civility,
- dis respect,
- dis-respect.
- repulsion,
- impediment,
- counterattack,
- counteraction,
- conflict,
- objection,
- repression,
- disagreement,
- suppression,
- antagonism,
- obstinacy,
- fight,
- friction,
- inhibition,
- protest,
- dispute,
- rebuff,
- obstruction,
- interference,
- adversary,
- resistance,
- hindrance.
- dis-sents,
- dis sents,
- non-conformities,
- dis-sent,
- up risings,
- non conformity,
- non conformities,
- dis sent,
- up-rising,
- up-risings,
- up rising.
- NOS,
- renouncements,
- enjoinment,
- forbiddings,
- refutation,
- non-acceptance,
- nonconsent,
- withholdings,
- disavowals,
- renouncement,
- knockback,
- nonacceptance,
- disavowal,
- non-consent.
v.
•boasting (verb)Other synonyms:
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- despite.
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- wrong.
- in spite of,
- riot,
- bellicosity,
- confidence,
- declaration of war,
- insurrection,
- question,
- rebelling,
- curse,
- contrast,
- spirit,
- fidei defensor,
- demur,
- disapproval,
- combative reaction,
- hardihood,
- pugnacity,
- roguishness,
- flak,
- outbreak,
- repulse,
- unmanageability,
- Overthwart,
- bravery,
- uncooperativeness,
- run riot,
- Headstrongness,
- aggressiveness,
- combativeness,
- adversity,
- unfriendliness,
- obstreperousness,
- menace,
- infringe,
- war whoop,
- refractoriness,
- feistiness,
- shirk,
- infringement,
- intrepidity,
- aggression,
- daring,
- Incorrigibility,
- hurl defiance at,
- Emeute,
- naughtiness,
- willfulness,
- disdain,
- ungovernability,
- Withstanding,
- contentiousness,
- Minacity,
- denial,
- gathering clouds,
- antipathy,
- fulmination,
- restiveness,
- shrewishness,
- threat,
- Recalcitration,
- gage,
- belligerency,
- in spite,
- rising,
- negativism,
- disobey,
- dissentience,
- passive resistance,
- truculence,
- discordantly,
- athwart,
- commination,
- violation,
- antithesis,
- derring-do,
- in the way,
- in defiance of,
- Renitence,
- Repellence,
- frowardness,
- turndown,
- militancy,
- abuse,
- disregard,
- militance,
- remonstrance,
- DEFI,
- Defying,
- quarrelsomeness,
- break the law,
- intimidation,
- intractability,
- across,
- Insusceptibility,
- retaliation,
- desperation,
- wildness,
- reaction,
- denunciation,
- assaultiveness,
- set at naught,
- ultimatum,
- disputatiousness,
- warning,
- scrappiness,
- war cry,
- gallantry,
- self-reliance,
- invitation,
- Contumaciousness,
- strike,
- contrariety,
- indomitability,
- ride roughshod over,
- irrepressibility,
- hostility,
- refusal,
- resoluteness,
- stand,
- uncontrollability,
- orneriness,
- militantness,
- Indocility,
- unmalleability,
- tumult,
- dash,
- fractiousness,
- Renitency,
- rashness,
- violate,
- disorder,
- intransigence.
Paraphrases for Defiance:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
challenges, resistance.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
stamina, violation, contradiction, ignorance, breach, distrust, neglect, negligence, confrontation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
disregard, contempt, disobedience, contravention, disdain, disrespect, scorn, Flouting, insolence, spite, non-compliance, mistrust, non-confidence, provocation, denial, infringement, denigration.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Defiance:
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n.
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disobedience, disregard
submission, care, modesty, caution, fear, love, subordination, cowardice, acquiescence, calm, harmony, answer, timidity, regard, obedience, peace, humility, respect.
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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.
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disobedience, disregard
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.
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attribute
insubordination, obstreperousness.
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attribute
Hyponym for Defiance:
n.
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act
resistance.
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attribute
intractability, intractableness.
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communication
challenge.
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act