All rebellious synonyms
reΒ·belΒ·lious
R r adj rebellious
- inflammatory β tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- irrepressible β incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable: irrepressible laughter.
- in-compliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- die hard β If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- demagogic β If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- anarchic β If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- disaffected β discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- insuppressible β incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
- defiant β If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- anarchical β of, like, or tending to anarchy.
- cross-grained β (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- freethinking β a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- declinatory β a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- have a bone to pick β to have grounds for a quarrel
- anarchistic β An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- contumacious β stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- dissentient β dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- lawless β contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- disorderly β characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- carried away β to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- leftist β a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- brassbound β inflexibly entrenched
- mule β a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- factious β given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- incompliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- indocile β not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
adjective rebellious
- insubmissive β Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- disobedient β neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- nihilistic β of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic artβnow there's an oxymoron!
- attacking β to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- insubordinate β not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- indisciplined β Alternative form of undisciplined.
- noncompliant β failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- dissentious β contentious; quarrelsome.
- nonconformist β a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- negativistic β a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- wrongheaded β wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- dissident β a person who dissents.
- insurgent β a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
- insurrectionary β of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- mutinous β disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- wayward β turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- contrariant β Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory.
- antisocial β Someone who is antisocial is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- challenging β A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.