Intractable synonyms
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Part of speech:
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Refusing to change one's mind or course of action despite pressure to do so; unyielding or resolute.
Difficult to deal with or to operate.
obstinate (related)
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
unruly (related)
The definition of unruly is someone or something that is out of control or hard to manage.
Not obedient; refusing or failing to obey; insubordinate; refractory
The definition of headstrong is someone who is stubborn, likes things his own way, imposes his opinion or is unyielding in his opinions and beliefs.
Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
The definition of intransigent is someone stubborn or unwilling to change his views.
Like or characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, balky, etc.
Hardened against feeling; hardhearted:
The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.
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The definition of perverse is deliberately behaving badly or improperly, despite knowing that your actions are likely to have bad consequences.
The definition of pigheaded is someone who is stubborn or set in their ways.
Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
Doing as one pleases; self-willed
manageable (antonym)
That can be managed; controllable, tractable, contrivable, etc.
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Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
Without law; not regulated by the authority of law
The definition of obstreperous is someone that is noisy and hard to control.
Difficult to melt or work; resistant to heat:
Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
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Not inhabited or farmed:
out-of-line
control (related)
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
order (related)
A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.
peace (related)
Not submitting to discipline or control
resist (related)
Not submitting to discipline or control
tractable (antonym)
(Computer science) Of a decision problem, algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.
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insoluble (related)
vexing (related)
insurmountable (related)
unsolvable (related)
problematic (related)
Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Improper; unseemly:
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Find another word for intractable. In this page you can discover 42 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for intractable, like: unmanageable, contrary, stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate, unruly, difficult, disobedient, headstrong, indocile and intransigent.