What is another word for defy?

1313 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ dɪfˈa͡ɪ], [ dɪfˈa‍ɪ], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈaɪ]

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challenge, frustrate
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n.
- shock,
- stagger,
- stun,
- shake up,
- flash mob,
- amaze,
- astonish,
- astound,
- surprise,
- spring a surprise.
- deepen,
- be beyond someone,
- front,
- obscure,
- be (as) clear as mud,
- confound.
- breach.
- request.
•defiance (noun)
- spite,
- Factiousness,
- rebelliousness,
- Insurgence,
- Impugnment,
- impudence,
- recalcitrance,
- throwing of the gauntlet,
- enjoinder.
•defy (noun)
- refuse,
- hold up,
- hold.
•indocility (noun)
- un controllablenesses,
- un manageabilities,
- un controllability,
- un controllabilities,
- dis-orderlinesses,
- in-docilities,
- in-docility,
- un towardness,
- in docilities,
- un towardnesses,
- wildnesses,
- dis orderliness,
- un-controllability,
- dis orderlinesses,
- un-manageabilities,
- un-towardnesses,
- un-governablenesses,
- un-controllableness,
- un manageability,
- un-controllablenesses,
- un-towardness,
- un governablenesses,
- un controllableness,
- in docility,
- un-manageability,
- dis-orderliness,
- un governableness,
- un-controllabilities,
- un-governableness.
•intractability (noun)
- intractability.
•provocation (noun)
- irkings,
- pro-vocations,
- vexings,
- in-jury,
- in juries,
- in dignities,
- pro vocation,
- in jury,
- in-dignities,
- pro vocations,
- pro-vocation,
- provokings.
•recalcitrance (noun)
- de spites,
- de spite,
- despites,
- de-spite,
- de-spites.
•recalcitrancy (noun)
- recalcitrancy.
•unruliness (noun)
- Indocility,
- intractableness.
v.
•brave (verb)
- fly the face of,
- out dare,
- flying face of,
- out-dare,
- fly face of,
- flying in face of,
- flew the face of,
- out-dared,
- out-dares,
- flying the face of,
- stood to,
- standing up to,
- out dared,
- flew in the face of,
- faced off,
- stands to,
- out-daring,
- flies in face of,
- faces off,
- stands up to,
- out dares,
- flies face of,
- outdared,
- outdaring,
- flies the face of,
- flying in the face of,
- out daring,
- flew face of,
- flies in the face of,
- facing off,
- outdares,
- flew in face of.
•challenge (verb)
- re claim,
- faces down,
- ex act,
- made a stand,
- making point of,
- re quiring,
- make point of,
- made point of,
- insisted upon,
- hangs in,
- re-quired,
- ex acted,
- in-quire,
- re quire,
- making a stand,
- in quires,
- asking for,
- re claims,
- stuck it out,
- sticked it out,
- faced down,
- ex acting,
- face music,
- in quired,
- re-quires,
- made stand,
- in quiring,
- insists upon,
- re quires,
- making a point of,
- re-claimed,
- make stand,
- insisting upon,
- ex-acts,
- hanged in,
- makes point of,
- ex-act,
- asks for,
- makes stand,
- made a point of,
- in-quiring,
- calling out,
- re quired,
- re-quire,
- makes a point of,
- re claimed,
- objecting to,
- insisting up on,
- making stand,
- in-quired,
- searches out,
- re-claiming,
- objects to,
- insisted up on,
- re-claims,
- re-quiring,
- ex-acting,
- sticks it out,
- ex acts,
- inviting competition,
- facing down,
- in-quires,
- insist up on,
- ex-acted,
- invites competition,
- insists up on,
- sticking it out,
- re claiming,
- makes a stand,
- hung in,
- invited competition,
- in quire,
- objected to.
•combat (verb)
- duelled,
- put a fight,
- goes against,
- puts up a fight,
- doth battle with,
- goes up against,
- does battle with,
- puts up fight,
- putting a fight,
- going up against,
- went up against,
- shoots out,
- put fight,
- didst battle with,
- putting up a fight,
- shot it out,
- putting fight,
- doeth battle with,
- crossed swords with,
- went against,
- puts a fight,
- doest battle with,
- putting up fight,
- shoots it out,
- dost battle with,
- going against,
- puts fight,
- crossing swords with,
- doing battle with,
- crosses swords with,
- shooting it out,
- did battle with.
•complain (verb)
- dis-sent,
- kicked a fuss,
- kicks up fuss,
- be-wailed,
- finding fault,
- re-pined,
- finds fault,
- in dict,
- dis-agrees,
- dis agree,
- ex postulates,
- makes a fuss,
- ex-postulates,
- re pined,
- kicked fuss,
- dis-agreed,
- dis agrees,
- pro-testing,
- kicked up a fuss,
- dis agreeing,
- dis sent,
- re pines,
- be moan,
- re-pines,
- ex postulate,
- be moaned,
- dis-agreeing,
- makes fuss,
- dis approved,
- kicked up fuss,
- ex postulating,
- be-moaned,
- kick a fuss,
- looked askance,
- kicks fuss,
- kicks a fuss,
- be moaning,
- made a fuss,
- making a fuss,
- kick up fuss,
- dis-approving,
- dis-approves,
- pro-tested,
- kicking a fuss,
- in-dict,
- dis sents,
- be-moan,
- sounding off,
- dis approve,
- be wail,
- ex-postulating,
- dis-sents,
- be-wailing,
- sounds off,
- be wailed,
- kicking fuss,
- kicking up a fuss,
- be-wail,
- pro tested,
- re-pine,
- re pining,
- pro testing,
- dis agreed,
- kicking up fuss,
- looking askance,
- took exception to,
- taking exception to,
- make fuss,
- takes exception to,
- be-wails,
- found fault,
- ex-postulated,
- ex postulated,
- be wails,
- re pine,
- dis approving,
- dis-agree,
- kick fuss,
- be-moans,
- be moans,
- re-pining,
- be wailing,
- dis-approved,
- dis-approve,
- ex-postulate,
- looks askance,
- made fuss,
- be-moaning,
- kicks up a fuss,
- dis approves,
- sounded off,
- making fuss.
•confront (verb)
- outface,
- encounter.
•contravene (verb)
- dis-affirming,
- counter acting,
- over stepped,
- dis-affirms,
- in-fringing,
- dis affirming,
- counter-acted,
- inter pose,
- counter-acting,
- in fringed,
- conflicted with,
- inter-feres,
- over-steps,
- in fringing,
- counter-acts,
- dis affirms,
- counter acted,
- inter posed,
- in-fringed,
- dis-affirmed,
- infracts,
- over-stepping,
- in-fringes,
- in-fracted,
- over-stepped,
- inter posing,
- in-fringe,
- inter fere,
- in fringes,
- dis affirmed,
- in fringe,
- counter act,
- inter-fere,
- counter-act,
- inter-posing,
- inter-pose,
- inter-posed,
- counter acts,
- in fracted,
- inter feres,
- dis-affirm,
- dis affirm,
- conflicts with,
- over steps,
- over stepping,
- conflicting with.
•counteract (verb)
- Counterwork,
- tamper,
- offset,
- neutralize.
•defy (verb)
- counter,
- dissent,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- cross,
- affront.
•disagree (verb)
- contend,
- dispute,
- reject,
- collide,
- argue,
- antagonize,
- demur,
- bicker,
- clash,
- differ,
- disagree,
- object.
•disobey (verb)
- mis behaves,
- brake rules,
- recalcitrated,
- dis-obeys,
- mis-behaves,
- taking law in to own hands,
- rising in arms,
- not minded,
- took law in to hands,
- dis-obeyed,
- de cline,
- not minds,
- went counter to,
- took law in to own hands,
- dis obey,
- taking law into own hands,
- wert remiss,
- de clines,
- was remiss,
- insurrecting,
- mis-behaving,
- dis-obey,
- pays no attention to,
- wast remiss,
- mis behaved,
- revolutioning,
- takes law in to own hands,
- mis-behaved,
- take law into hands,
- not listened,
- dis obeys,
- rose in arms,
- takes law in to hands,
- recalcitrates,
- mis-behave,
- rose arms,
- payed no attention to,
- mis behaving,
- paid no attention to,
- art remiss,
- re volutions,
- de-sert,
- took law into hands,
- takes law into hands,
- insurrected,
- breaking rules,
- not heeds,
- insurrects,
- breaks rules,
- rises in arms,
- am remiss,
- rising arms,
- were remiss,
- revolutioned,
- took law into own hands,
- take law in to hands,
- dis obeyed,
- goes counter to,
- sets aside,
- paying no attention to,
- de sert,
- dis-obeying,
- rises arms,
- taking law into hands,
- going counter to,
- mis behave,
- recalcitrating,
- taking law in to hands,
- are remiss,
- not listens,
- dis obeying,
- takes law into own hands,
- de-clines,
- broke rules,
- rise arms,
- is remiss,
- being remiss,
- re-volutions,
- not minding,
- take law in to own hands,
- de-cline,
- re-volution.
•face (verb)
- grappled with,
- takes bull by the horns,
- bitting bullet,
- squares off,
- bitted the bullet,
- took the bull by horns,
- all owing,
- taking the bull by the horns,
- takes bull by horns,
- are confronted by,
- am confronted by,
- were confronted by,
- took the bull by the horns,
- running in to,
- runs in to,
- all-owing,
- grapples with,
- art confronted by,
- take bull by horns,
- wert confronted by,
- takes the bull by horns,
- all owed,
- taking the bull by horns,
- ran in to,
- all-owed,
- wast confronted by,
- was confronted by,
- copes with,
- taking bull by the horns,
- taking bull by horns,
- took bull by horns,
- is confronted by,
- bitting the bullet,
- bits the bullet,
- run in to,
- grappling with,
- take the bull by horns,
- being confronted by,
- bitted bullet,
- took bull by the horns,
- bits bullet,
- takes the bull by the horns.
•fight (verb)
- makes stand against,
- light in to,
- making a stand against,
- up hold,
- lighting in to,
- up-holding,
- lay in to,
- exerted oneself,
- made a stand against,
- spares no effort,
- lit into,
- tangling with,
- lighted into,
- pushing forward,
- tangles with,
- puts an argument,
- engages in,
- putting up argument,
- putting up an argument,
- made stand against,
- lit in to,
- exerts oneself,
- toiling on,
- fell out,
- lighted in to,
- up-holds,
- puts up an argument,
- up-held,
- engaging in,
- make stand against,
- exerting oneself,
- up-hold,
- up held,
- sparing no effort,
- up holds,
- putting an argument,
- taking pains,
- toils on,
- puts up argument,
- lights in to,
- up holding,
- put an argument,
- puts argument,
- took pains,
- toiled on,
- putting argument,
- hammering away,
- takes pains,
- lighting into,
- tangled with,
- making stand against,
- put argument,
- makes a stand against,
- spared no effort,
- lights into.
•flout (verb)
- dis regards,
- de riding,
- dis-regard,
- de rides,
- out raged,
- dis regard,
- dis-regards,
- out-rages,
- dis-regarded,
- de-rides,
- de ride,
- out-raged,
- de-riding,
- out-raging,
- thumbs nose at,
- thumbing nose at,
- thumbed nose at,
- de-ride,
- dis regarded,
- out rages,
- dis-regarding,
- out raging,
- out-rage,
- dis regarding.
•gamble (verb)
- shoot moon,
- flip coin,
- sticked one neck out,
- trying one's luck,
- end angering,
- make bet,
- tried one luck,
- goes for broke,
- shot works,
- end anger,
- sticked ones neck out,
- flipped coin,
- went for broke,
- flipping coin,
- trying luck,
- trust luck,
- stuck one neck out,
- trying one luck,
- shoots the moon,
- sticking neck out,
- sticked one's neck out,
- flipping the coin,
- cut cards,
- laid money on,
- made bet,
- takes a flyer,
- shoots works,
- flipped the coin,
- lays money on,
- cutting the cards,
- try one luck,
- making bet,
- putting trust in,
- shooting works,
- tempted fortune,
- flips the coin,
- trusted to luck,
- shooting moon,
- shot the moon,
- try luck,
- shoots the works,
- tried ones luck,
- puts trust in,
- bucks odds,
- trying ones luck,
- sticks one's neck out,
- shoot works,
- trusts luck,
- take flyer,
- shooting the works,
- stuck neck out,
- sticks one neck out,
- tempts fortune,
- end-anger,
- takes flyer,
- shot moon,
- tried luck,
- end-angering,
- end-angers,
- took a flyer,
- took flyer,
- end angered,
- makes a bet,
- trusted luck,
- tries ones luck,
- trusting luck,
- taking flyer,
- trusting to luck,
- tries one luck,
- bucked odds,
- tries one's luck,
- tries luck,
- buck odds,
- cutting cards,
- cuts the cards,
- stuck ones neck out,
- shoots moon,
- flips coin,
- trusts to luck,
- sticks ones neck out,
- stick ones neck out,
- tried one's luck,
- shooting the moon,
- try ones luck,
- laying money on,
- bucked the odds,
- tempting fortune,
- shot the works,
- made a bet,
- bucks the odds,
- sticks neck out,
- sticking one neck out,
- stick one neck out,
- bucking odds,
- cuts cards,
- end angers,
- makes bet,
- bucking the odds,
- taking a flyer,
- sticking ones neck out,
- sticked neck out,
- stuck one's neck out.
•mock (verb)
- be-lied,
- be-lying,
- be-guiles,
- mis-leading,
- dis-appointing,
- be-trays,
- be-tray,
- be-guile,
- de feat,
- mis-lead,
- be tray,
- de-ludes,
- de ludes,
- mis leading,
- be lied,
- mis-leads,
- dis appoint,
- de-feats,
- be lying,
- dis appointed,
- dis-appoints,
- be guile,
- dis appoints,
- dis appointing,
- de feats,
- de-feat,
- be trays,
- mis lead,
- dis-appointed,
- de lude,
- de-lude,
- dis-appoint,
- be guiles.
•oppose (verb)
- obstruct,
- inhibit,
- counterattack,
- protest,
- impede,
- oppress,
- suppress,
- contradict,
- repel,
- intercept,
- meddle,
- hinder,
- rebuff,
- check,
- interfere,
- repulse,
- repress.
•rebel (verb)
- over throwing,
- get out line,
- takes up arms,
- up-setting,
- coming out against,
- getting out line,
- up-sets,
- over turns,
- over-throws,
- gets out of line,
- gotten out of line,
- over-turning,
- runs amok,
- over-turn,
- over-throw,
- wert insubordinate,
- over throw,
- over turning,
- over-throwing,
- turning against,
- up-set,
- took arms,
- gotten out line,
- being insubordinate,
- takes arms,
- got out line,
- rose up,
- up sets,
- were insubordinate,
- taking arms,
- is insubordinate,
- came out against,
- took up arms,
- making waves,
- wast insubordinate,
- comes out against,
- was insubordinate,
- turned against,
- getting out of line,
- gat out line,
- are insubordinate,
- rock boat,
- got out of line,
- art insubordinate,
- turns against,
- ran amok,
- gets out line,
- over throws,
- up setting,
- over-thrown,
- taking up arms,
- over thrown,
- gat out of line.
•risk (verb)
- leaped before looking,
- putting jeopardy,
- going out of one depth,
- plays with fire,
- takes a header,
- running risk,
- played with fire,
- goes out of depth,
- exposed danger,
- went out of one's depth,
- go out of one depth,
- run risk,
- leaving to luck,
- ran risk,
- art caught short,
- leaved to luck,
- are caught short,
- exposes to danger,
- defies danger,
- leaved luck,
- skates thin ice,
- hung by thread,
- going out of one's depth,
- hangs by a thread,
- taking a plunge,
- go out of depth,
- takes header,
- leapt before looking,
- went out ones depth,
- wert caught short,
- taking liberty,
- runs risk,
- ran chance,
- skated on thin ice,
- exposing danger,
- left luck,
- put jeopardy,
- wast caught short,
- went out depth,
- ran the risk,
- run chance,
- goes out depth,
- taking a header,
- go out depth,
- running the chance,
- putting in jeopardy,
- hangs by thread,
- goes out ones depth,
- went out of depth,
- going out one's depth,
- runs the risk,
- skates on thin ice,
- go out ones depth,
- took a header,
- goes out one's depth,
- defying danger,
- leaping before looking,
- leaps before looking,
- takes plunge,
- took the liberty,
- runs chance,
- skating on thin ice,
- hanged by a thread,
- going out ones depth,
- exposes danger,
- went out one depth,
- running chance,
- take header,
- ran the chance,
- skate thin ice,
- taking plunge,
- is caught short,
- skating thin ice,
- skated thin ice,
- go out of ones depth,
- leaving luck,
- goes out of one's depth,
- puts jeopardy,
- goes out of ones depth,
- take plunge,
- expose danger,
- taking the liberty,
- took plunge,
- going out depth,
- takes liberty,
- went out of one depth,
- leaves luck,
- am caught short,
- takes the liberty,
- went out one's depth,
- goes out of one depth,
- goes out one depth,
- went out of ones depth,
- defied danger,
- took a plunge,
- was caught short,
- leave luck,
- runs the chance,
- exposing to danger,
- going out of depth,
- took header,
- going out one depth,
- go out one's depth,
- hang by thread,
- being caught short,
- hung by a thread,
- taking header,
- left to luck,
- were caught short,
- leaves to luck,
- running the risk,
- takes a plunge,
- going out of ones depth,
- hanged by thread,
- puts in jeopardy,
- go out one depth,
- took liberty.
•scorn (verb)
- scoffing at,
- considering beneath one,
- turned nose up at,
- considered beneath one,
- is above,
- considers beneath one,
- am above,
- turned nose at,
- turning nose at,
- were above,
- being above,
- turns nose up at,
- scoffs at,
- turning back on,
- turns nose at,
- wert above,
- art above,
- turning nose up at,
- was above,
- turn nose at,
- turns back on,
- are above,
- wast above.
•stative (verb)
- defy.
•take on (verb)
•throw down the gauntlet (verb)
•venture (verb)
- has fling at,
- take crack at,
- hast fling at,
- had a fling at,
- goes out on a limb,
- hadst fling at,
- dare says,
- had fling at,
- going out on a limb,
- went out limb,
- made bold,
- makes stab at,
- hath a fling at,
- going out a limb,
- dare saying,
- has a fling at,
- making stab at,
- hast a fling at,
- making bold,
- plays market,
- makes bold,
- played the market,
- make stab at,
- played for,
- go out a limb,
- haddest fling at,
- making a stab at,
- goes out a limb,
- haddest a fling at,
- plays the market,
- went out a limb,
- playing the market,
- goes out on limb,
- played market,
- playing for,
- went out on limb,
- makes a stab at,
- playing market,
- dare said,
- having fling at,
- going out on limb,
- going out limb,
- have fling at,
- made stab at,
- hath fling at,
- made a stab at,
- lays open,
- having a fling at,
- go out limb,
- play market,
- plays for,
- hadst a fling at,
- goes out limb,
- went out on a limb.
•violate (verb)
- pro-fanes,
- tramples on,
- pro fanes,
- sacrileging,
- sacrileged,
- pro fane,
- pro-fane,
- trampling on,
- trampled on.
•withstand (verb)
- sitting and take it,
- with-stood,
- hold ones ground,
- riding out,
- sticks fast,
- prevailing against,
- putting struggle,
- with stand,
- puts struggle,
- standing ground,
- with-stand,
- rides out,
- stood ones ground,
- stand one ground,
- sits take it,
- sitting take it,
- rid out,
- hold one ground,
- prevails against,
- stands ones ground,
- with standing,
- putting up struggle,
- stand ground,
- stood one ground,
- standing up against,
- with-standing,
- stands against,
- standing ones ground,
- sat and take it,
- rode out,
- stood against,
- prevailed against,
- with stood,
- winned out,
- stands ground,
- putting with,
- stand ones ground,
- sits and take it,
- stands one's ground,
- sate take it,
- winning out,
- sate and take it,
- stands one ground,
- sticked fast,
- standing one ground,
- sat take it,
- won out,
- with stands,
- put struggle,
- puts up struggle,
- wins out,
- stands up against,
- with-stands,
- stood one's ground,
- sit take it,
- stood up against,
- stood ground.
Other synonyms:
- clutter,
- obfuscate,
- confuse,
- enshroud,
- mystify,
- baffle.
- derogate from,
- transgress,
- complicate,
- beard.
- jack up,
- fog,
- blur.
- default.
- break.
•brave
- stand up to,
- face off,
- Outdare,
- fly in the face of,
- stand to,
- standing to,
- going through,
- stood up to.
•confront
- face up to,
- tell off,
- make my day,
- go one on one,
- come against,
- come up against,
- faced up to,
- go one-on-one,
- Fronting,
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
- face with.
•disobey
- go counter to,
- Revolutionizing,
- not mind,
- fly in face of,
- mutiny,
- not heed,
- not heeding,
- pay no attention to,
- setting aside,
- not listening,
- insurrect,
- not heeded,
- rise in arms,
- not listen,
- be remiss,
- Mutinied,
- recalcitrate,
- break rules,
- take law into own hands.
•flout
- Quipped,
- laughed at,
- Quipping,
- Sneered,
- thumb nose at,
- jeer.
•oppose
- take a stand,
- call in question,
- turn the tables,
- counterattacked,
- turned the tables,
- counter-attack,
- not countenanced,
- frown at,
- not countenance,
- speak against,
- take issue,
- counterattacking,
- run counter to,
- counter-attacks.
•resist
- abstain from,
- keep from,
- leave alone,
- remain firm,
- struggle against,
- abstains from,
- hold out against,
- harded,
- held out against,
- left alone,
- harding,
- Hards,
- holds out against,
- die hard.
•sass
- talk back.
•take a chance
- venture,
- risk.
•take on
•venture
- make a stab at,
- play for,
- dare say,
- go out on limb,
- laid open,
- lay open,
- have a fling at,
- go out on a limb,
- laying open,
- make bold,
- got down,
- try out,
- play the market,
- get down,
- Ventured.

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Equivalence
- Proper noun, singular
  defies, Defying.
Independent
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  resist, dare.
- Verb, base form
  confront, cheat, evade.
Other Related
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  flout, ignore.
- Verb, base form
  flout, ignore, disregard, despise, override.

Antonyms for Defy:

v.
- challenge, frustrate
  flatter, commend, hide, attract, encourage, compliment, abet, help, love, surrender, assist, praise, give in, like, pay attention, yield, aid, note, regard, give up, obey, admire, respect.
- Other antonyms:
  cooperate, defer, conform, stoop, serve, duck, dodge, bow, elude, sidestep, attend, keep, evade, shun, agree, watch, knuckle under, goose step, assent, listen, shake, accede, mind, mark, escape, funk, avoid, shirk, oblige, eschew, heed, notice, acquiesce.

Homophones for Defy:

day off, do by, dub, divvy, dope off, dopey, dative, dove, deify, do up, daub, dive, divvy up, dufy, deb, diva, dweeb, Dubya, doob, doo-wop, die off, deep, defoe, duff, dupe, daffo, dubyuh, devi, doff, daba, dhava, dubai, deaf, dopa, dopy, dp, dope up, dab, dayboy, dope, db, dph, davy, dip.

Hypernym for Defy:

v.
- stative
  weather, endure, brave out, brave.

Hyponym for Defy:

v.
- stative
  withstand, stand firm, resist, hold out.

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