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UNTRACTABLE Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word untractable. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word untractable. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for UNTRACTABLE

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headstrong
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

intractable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

obstinate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

verb

• persist stubbornly

recalcitrant
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority

refractory
adjectiveadj
noun

• lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

adjective satellite

• not responding to treatment

• temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

stubborn
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• not responding to treatment

uncontrollable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• difficult to solve or alleviate

• incapable of being controlled

• incapable of being controlled or managed

• impossible to repress or control

unruly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled

unyielding
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

wayward
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• resistant to guidance or discipline

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