WAYWARD Synonyms

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• changeable

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

• unwilling to submit to authority

• not subjected to discipline

• not subjected to correction or discipline

• lacking in discipline or control

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• straying from the right course or from accepted standards

• uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled

• marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

• in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

• a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

• in an uncontrolled and rampant manner

• in a wild or undomesticated manner

• in a state of extreme emotion

• deviating widely from an intended course

• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

• without a basis in reason or fact

• talking or behaving irrationally

• involving risk or danger

• fanciful and unrealistic; foolish

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

• without civilizing influences

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• persist stubbornly

• marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

• not submissive to authority

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

• done by design

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition