Recalcitrant Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-kăl'sĭ-trənt

Synonyms for Recalcitrant

Not subjected to discipline, control or correction; uncorrected

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Boldly resisting opposition.

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Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.

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Hard to control, restrain, or keep in order; disobedient, disorderly, etc.

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Obstinately bent on having one's own way:

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Not obedient; refusing or failing to obey; insubordinate; refractory

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Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.

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(Medicine) Difficult to treat.

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(Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

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Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:

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Stubborn is defined as being unwilling to change your opinion or stance, in spite of good reasons to.

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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.

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Inclined to make trouble; unruly.

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Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.

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Difficult to manage, deal with, or change to an acceptable condition:

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Without law; not regulated by the authority of law

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The definition of obstreperous is someone that is noisy and hard to control.

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Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

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Improper; unseemly:

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Not inhabited or farmed:

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Antonyms for Recalcitrant

Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

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Capable of being tested, adjudged, or brought to judgment.

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Ready to accept instruction or direction.

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Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

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(Electronics) Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy:

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Words Related to Recalcitrant

Opposing any kind of control; defiant

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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.

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Difficult to manage, control, or treat:

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Marked by defiance

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A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.

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Not submitting to discipline or control

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Find another word for recalcitrant. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for recalcitrant, like: undisciplined, defiant, rebellious, disorderly, unruly, willful, compliant, disobedient, unmanageable, refractory and contumacious.