All wayward synonyms

adjective wayward

• willful — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
• naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
• unruly — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
• errant — Erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
• disobedient — neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
• strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
• rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
• insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
• defiant — If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
• contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
• ornery — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
• unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
• capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
• delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
• erratic — Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
• headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
• recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
• aberrant — Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
• arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
• balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
• changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
• contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
• cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
• disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
• fickle — Changing frequently, esp. as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.
• flighty — given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
• fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
• froward — willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child.
• immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
• inconstant — not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
• incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
• intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
• mulish — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
• obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
• obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
• perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
• refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
• restive — impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
• self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
• self-willed — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
• stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
• uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
• undependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
• ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
• unpredictable — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
• unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
• variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
• whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.