Obedient is a word that implies compliance or conformity to rules, laws, or authority. Antonyms for obedient would offer contrasting words that connote resistance, defiance, or nonconformity. Some antonyms for obedient are independent, rebellious, dissident, nonconformist, insubordinate, disobedient, and defiant. These words describe people who challenge authority and refuse to conform to established rules or principles. While obedience is often associated with positive traits such as discipline and respect, it can also be seen as a weakness or a lack of individuality. Antonyms for obedient offer a different perspective on how one can assert their autonomy and exercise their free will.

What are the antonyms for Obedient?

• adj.

  • all
  • disobedient
  .
  • bad, hopeless
  • incorrigible
  .
  • bad, misbehaved
  • naughty
  .
  • being disagreeable
  • quarrelsome
  .
  • boisterous, noisy
  • rowdy
  .
  • bossy, overbearing
  • imperious
  .
  • causing trouble; unlawful
  • disorderly
  .
  • chaotic, wild
  • riotous
  .
  • contumacious
  • dis affected
  ,
  • dis-affected
  ,
  • in flexible
  ,
  • in tractable
  ,
  • in-flexible
  ,
  • in-tractable
  ,
  • more estranged
  ,
  • most estranged
  ,
  • most intransigent
  ,
  • pig headed
  ,
  • stubborn
  ,
  • un yielding
  ,
  • un-yielding
  .
  • defiant
  • in solent
  ,
  • in submissive
  ,
  • in-solent
  ,
  • in-submissive
  ,
  • insubmissive
  ,
  • more challenging
  ,
  • more insubmissive
  ,
  • most challenging
  ,
  • most insubmissive
  ,
  • pro vocative
  ,
  • pro-vocative
  ,
  • reckless
  .
  • dictatorial
  • Over-bearing
  ,
  • crack the whip
  ,
  • crack-the-whip
  ,
  • dictative
  ,
  • iron handed
  ,
  • iron-handed
  ,
  • ironhanded
  ,
  • more crack the whip
  ,
  • more crack-the-whip
  ,
  • more dictative
  ,
  • more iron handed
  ,
  • more iron-handed
  ,
  • more ironhanded
  ,
  • most crack the whip
  ,
  • most crack-the-whip
  ,
  • most iron handed
  ,
  • most ironhanded
  ,
  • over bearing
  ,
  • throwing weight around
  ,
  • un restricted
  ,
  • un-limited
  ,
  • un-restricted
  .
  • dictatorial, opinionated
  • dogmatic
  .
  • disobedient
  • dis obedient
  ,
  • dis-obedient
  ,
  • fractious
  ,
  • more nonobservant
  ,
  • most nonobservant
  ,
  • non observant
  ,
  • non-observant
  ,
  • nonobservant
  ,
  • un compliant
  ,
  • un-compliant
  ,
  • unruly
  .
  • disobedient, disregardful
  • defiant
  .
  • disobedient, uncontrollable
  • recalcitrant
  .
  • disobedient, unmanageable
  • rebellious
  .
  • disorderly
  • dis orderly
  ,
  • dis-orderly
  ,
  • in disciplined
  ,
  • in temperate
  ,
  • in-disciplined
  ,
  • in-temperate
  ,
  • indisciplined
  ,
  • more off base
  ,
  • more off-base
  ,
  • more offbase
  ,
  • more on-a-tear
  ,
  • more out of line
  ,
  • more out of order
  ,
  • more out-of-line
  ,
  • more termagant
  ,
  • most indisciplined
  ,
  • most off base
  ,
  • most off-base
  ,
  • most on a tear
  ,
  • most out of order
  ,
  • most out-of-line
  ,
  • most termagant
  ,
  • off-base
  ,
  • offbase
  ,
  • on a tear
  ,
  • on-a-tear
  ,
  • out-of-line
  ,
  • out-of-order
  ,
  • termagant
  ,
  • tumultous tumultuous
  ,
  • tumultous-tumultuous
  ,
  • tumultoustumultuous
  ,
  • un controllable
  ,
  • un manageable
  ,
  • un-controllable
  ,
  • un-governable
  ,
  • un-manageable
  .
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinaire
  ,
  • more stiff necked
  ,
  • more stiff-necked
  ,
  • more stiffnecked
  ,
  • most dictative
  ,
  • most stiff necked
  ,
  • most stiff-necked
  ,
  • most stiffnecked
  ,
  • one sided
  ,
  • onesided
  ,
  • stiff necked
  ,
  • stiff-necked
  ,
  • stiffnecked
  ,
  • un realistic
  ,
  • un-realistic
  .
  • dogmatic
  • as a matter course
  ,
  • as a matter of course
  ,
  • as matter course
  ,
  • as matter of course
  ,
  • by fiat
  ,
  • by natural law
  ,
  • by nature
  ,
  • de finite
  ,
  • de-finite
  ,
  • deductive
  ,
  • doctrinal
  ,
  • ex cathedra
  ,
  • ex-cathedra
  ,
  • excathedra
  ,
  • fascistic
  ,
  • high mighty
  ,
  • in evitable
  ,
  • in tolerant
  ,
  • in-evitable
  ,
  • in-tolerant
  ,
  • more deductive
  ,
  • more excathedra
  ,
  • more fascistic
  ,
  • more wrong headed
  ,
  • more wrong-headed
  ,
  • more wrongheaded
  ,
  • most deductive
  ,
  • most doctrinal
  ,
  • most excathedra
  ,
  • most fascistic
  ,
  • most reasoned
  ,
  • most wrong headed
  ,
  • most wrong-headed
  ,
  • most wrongheaded
  ,
  • narrow minded
  ,
  • narrowminded
  ,
  • on faith
  ,
  • peremptory
  ,
  • un changeable
  ,
  • un equivocal
  ,
  • un erring
  ,
  • un qualified
  ,
  • un-changeable
  ,
  • un-equivocal
  ,
  • un-qualified
  ,
  • wrong headed
  ,
  • wrong-headed
  ,
  • wrongheaded
  .
  • fractious
  • in docile
  ,
  • in-docile
  ,
  • more pettish
  ,
  • most pettish
  ,
  • pettish
  ,
  • thin skinned
  ,
  • thinskinned
  .
  • headstrong
  • hard nosed
  ,
  • hard shell
  ,
  • hard-nosed
  ,
  • hardnosed
  ,
  • hardshell
  ,
  • head strong
  ,
  • head-strong
  ,
  • headstrong
  ,
  • locked-in
  ,
  • lockedin
  ,
  • more hard nosed
  ,
  • more locked in
  ,
  • more locked-in
  ,
  • more lockedin
  ,
  • more murder
  ,
  • more self willed
  ,
  • more self-willed
  ,
  • more selfwilled
  ,
  • more strong minded
  ,
  • more strong-minded
  ,
  • more strongminded
  ,
  • most locked in
  ,
  • most locked-in
  ,
  • most lockedin
  ,
  • most murder
  ,
  • most self willed
  ,
  • most self-willed
  ,
  • most selfwilled
  ,
  • most strong minded
  ,
  • most strong-minded
  ,
  • most strongminded
  ,
  • mule
  ,
  • muler
  ,
  • mulest
  ,
  • self willed
  ,
  • self-willed
  ,
  • selfwilled
  ,
  • strong minded
  ,
  • strong-minded
  ,
  • strongminded
  ,
  • un governable
  .
  • headstrong, obstinate
  • contumacious
  .
  • impatient, nervous
  • restive
  .
  • imperious
  • Compulsatory
  ,
  • ex acting
  ,
  • ex-acting
  ,
  • high handed
  ,
  • highhanded
  ,
  • more compulsatory
  ,
  • most compulsatory
  ,
  • over weening
  ,
  • over-weening
  ,
  • overweening
  ,
  • re quired
  ,
  • re-quired
  .
  • incorrigible
  • Recidivous
  ,
  • beastlier
  ,
  • beastliest
  ,
  • in corrigible
  ,
  • in curable
  ,
  • in-corrigible
  ,
  • in-curable
  ,
  • irredeemable
  ,
  • more irredeemable
  ,
  • more loser
  ,
  • more recidivous
  ,
  • more uncorrectable
  ,
  • more unreformed
  ,
  • most irredeemable
  ,
  • most loser
  ,
  • most recidivous
  ,
  • most uncorrectable
  ,
  • most unreformed
  ,
  • un correctable
  ,
  • un reformed
  ,
  • un-correctable
  ,
  • un-reformed
  ,
  • uncorrectable
  ,
  • unreformed
  .
  • insubordinate
  • dissentious
  ,
  • in subordinate
  ,
  • in-subordinate
  ,
  • more dissentious
  ,
  • more uncomplying
  ,
  • most dissentious
  ,
  • most uncomplying
  ,
  • un complying
  ,
  • un-complying
  ,
  • uncomplying
  .
  • insurgent
  • anarchical
  ,
  • insurgent
  ,
  • more anarchical
  ,
  • more insurrectionary
  ,
  • most anarchical
  ,
  • most insurrectionary
  .
  • lawless
  • anarchic
  ,
  • anarchistic
  ,
  • dis ordered
  ,
  • dis-ordered
  ,
  • more anarchic
  ,
  • more anarchistic
  ,
  • more infringing
  ,
  • more piratical
  ,
  • more recusant
  ,
  • more terrorizing
  ,
  • more unpeaceful
  ,
  • most anarchic
  ,
  • most anarchistic
  ,
  • most infringing
  ,
  • most recusant
  ,
  • most terrorizing
  ,
  • most unpeaceful
  ,
  • non conformist
  ,
  • non-conformist
  ,
  • piratical
  ,
  • recusant
  ,
  • un civilized
  ,
  • un cultivated
  ,
  • un peaceful
  ,
  • un tamed
  ,
  • un-civilized
  ,
  • un-cultivated
  ,
  • un-peaceful
  ,
  • un-restrained
  ,
  • un-tamed
  ,
  • unpeaceful
  .
  • mischievous
  • dickens
  ,
  • ex asperating
  ,
  • ex-asperating
  ,
  • ill behaved
  ,
  • ill-behaved
  ,
  • illbehaved
  ,
  • impish
  ,
  • mis behaving
  ,
  • mis-behaving
  ,
  • mischievous
  ,
  • more dickens
  ,
  • more exasperating
  ,
  • more ill behaved
  ,
  • more ill-behaved
  ,
  • more misbehaving
  ,
  • more rascal
  ,
  • more rascally
  ,
  • more vexing
  ,
  • most dickens
  ,
  • most exasperating
  ,
  • most ill behaved
  ,
  • most ill-behaved
  ,
  • most illbehaved
  ,
  • most misbehaving
  ,
  • most rascal
  ,
  • most vexing
  ,
  • pre carious
  ,
  • pre-carious
  ,
  • rascally
  ,
  • teasing
  .
  • naughty
  • badly behaved
  ,
  • in decorous
  ,
  • in-decorous
  ,
  • off color
  ,
  • offcolor
  .
  • noncompliant
  • Declinatory
  ,
  • Refusing
  ,
  • more declinatory
  ,
  • more declining
  ,
  • more objecting
  ,
  • more refusing
  ,
  • most declinatory
  ,
  • most declining
  ,
  • most objecting
  ,
  • most refusing
  ,
  • non compliant
  ,
  • non-compliant
  ,
  • re fusing
  ,
  • re-fusing
  .
  • not obeying
  • rebel
  .
  • noun
  • determined
  ,
  • disrespectful
  ,
  • dissident
  ,
  • errant
  ,
  • firm
  ,
  • ill-bred
  ,
  • ill-mannered
  ,
  • impolite
  ,
  • impudent
  ,
  • inflexible
  ,
  • insolent
  ,
  • noncompliant
  ,
  • nonconformist
  ,
  • opinionated
  ,
  • peevish
  ,
  • pigheaded
  ,
  • resistant
  ,
  • resolute
  ,
  • rude
  ,
  • unamenable
  ,
  • undisciplined
  ,
  • wild
  .
  • obstinate
  • dead set on
  ,
  • locked in
  ,
  • more opinionative
  ,
  • more resolved
  ,
  • most opinionative
  ,
  • most resolved
  ,
  • opinionative
  ,
  • re-solved
  ,
  • un alterable
  ,
  • un flinching
  ,
  • un-alterable
  ,
  • un-flinching
  .
  • quarrelsome
  • bad tempered
  ,
  • badtempered
  ,
  • cat and dog
  ,
  • cat-and-dog
  ,
  • ex citable
  ,
  • ex-citable
  ,
  • gladiatorial
  ,
  • have chip shoulder
  ,
  • more brawling
  ,
  • more cat and dog
  ,
  • more cat-and-dog
  ,
  • more gladiatorial
  ,
  • more ructious
  ,
  • most brawling
  ,
  • most cat and dog
  ,
  • most cat-and-dog
  ,
  • most ructious
  ,
  • ructious
  ,
  • warrer
  ,
  • warrest
  .
  • radical
  • Ultraist
  ,
  • farout
  ,
  • freethinking
  ,
  • leftist
  ,
  • more extremist
  ,
  • more leftist
  ,
  • more ultraist
  ,
  • most extremist
  ,
  • most freethinking
  ,
  • most leftist
  ,
  • most ultraist
  ,
  • un compromising
  ,
  • un-compromising
  .
  • rebellious
  • dis loyal
  ,
  • dis-loyal
  ,
  • insubordinate
  ,
  • more attacking
  ,
  • more rioting
  ,
  • more sabotaging
  ,
  • most attacking
  ,
  • most rioting
  ,
  • most sabotaging
  ,
  • renegade
  ,
  • revolutionary
  .
  • rebellious, destructive
  • subversive
  .
  • recalcitrant
  • more undisciplinable
  ,
  • more withstanding
  ,
  • most undisciplinable
  ,
  • most withstanding
  ,
  • un disciplinable
  ,
  • un willing
  ,
  • un-disciplinable
  ,
  • un-willing
  ,
  • undisciplinable
  ,
  • with standing
  ,
  • with-standing
  .
  • reckless, ungoverned
  • lawless
  .
  • refractory
  • Impliable
  ,
  • more impliable
  ,
  • most impliable
  ,
  • un responsive
  ,
  • un-responsive
  .
  • renegade
  • more apostate
  ,
  • more backsliding
  ,
  • more schismatic
  ,
  • more untraditional
  ,
  • most apostate
  ,
  • most backsliding
  ,
  • most schismatic
  ,
  • most untraditional
  ,
  • out lawer
  ,
  • out lawest
  ,
  • out-lawer
  ,
  • out-lawest
  ,
  • outlawer
  ,
  • outlawest
  ,
  • un faithful
  ,
  • un traditional
  ,
  • un-faithful
  ,
  • un-traditional
  ,
  • untraditional
  .
  • restive
  • un easier
  ,
  • un easiest
  ,
  • un easy
  ,
  • un-easier
  ,
  • un-easiest
  ,
  • up tight
  ,
  • up-tight
  .
  • riotous
  • de ranged
  ,
  • de-ranged
  ,
  • dis organized
  ,
  • dis-organized
  ,
  • helter skelter
  ,
  • helterskelter
  ,
  • most rampageous
  ,
  • out control
  ,
  • rampageous
  ,
  • un controlled
  ,
  • un-controlled
  .
  • rowdy
  • more roughhouse
  ,
  • raucous
  .
  • stubborn
  • refractory
  .
  • subversive
  • more overthrowing
  ,
  • more perversive
  ,
  • more undermining
  ,
  • most overthrowing
  ,
  • most perversive
  ,
  • most undermining
  ,
  • over throwing
  ,
  • over-throwing
  ,
  • perversive
  ,
  • under ground
  ,
  • under mining
  ,
  • under-ground
  ,
  • under-mining
  .
  • turbulent
  • Stormful
  ,
  • ex cited
  ,
  • ex-cited
  ,
  • in-clement
  ,
  • more blustering
  ,
  • more foaming
  ,
  • more howling
  ,
  • more moiling
  ,
  • more ruffled
  ,
  • more stormful
  ,
  • more storming
  ,
  • more swirling
  ,
  • most blustering
  ,
  • most foaming
  ,
  • most howling
  ,
  • most moiling
  ,
  • most roughhouse
  ,
  • most ruffled
  ,
  • most stormful
  ,
  • most storming
  ,
  • most swirling
  ,
  • stirred up
  ,
  • tumultous- tumultuous
  ,
  • un bridled
  ,
  • un stable
  ,
  • un stabler
  ,
  • un stablest
  ,
  • un-bridled
  ,
  • un-stable
  ,
  • un-stabler
  ,
  • un-stablest
  .
  • tyrannical, authoritarian
  • dictatorial
  .
  • undisciplined
  • in consistent
  ,
  • in-consistent
  ,
  • lacking self control
  ,
  • lacking self-control
  ,
  • lacking selfcontrol
  ,
  • un disciplined
  ,
  • un trained
  ,
  • un-governed
  ,
  • un-trained
  .
  • unruly
  • in-exorable
  ,
  • out line
  ,
  • out of line
  .
  • unsettled, raging (referring to weather)
  • turbulent
  .
  • wayward
  • Crossgrained
  ,
  • cross grained
  ,
  • cross-grained
  ,
  • in-constant
  ,
  • more cross grained
  ,
  • more cross-grained
  ,
  • more crossgrained
  ,
  • most cross grained
  ,
  • most cross-grained
  ,
  • most crossgrained
  ,
  • self indulgent
  ,
  • selfindulgent
  ,
  • un dependable
  ,
  • un predictable
  ,
  • un-dependable
  ,
  • un-predictable
  ,
  • wayward
  .
  • well-behaved; submissive
  • Misbehaving
  ,
  • contrary
  ,
  • disloyal
  ,
  • inconsiderate
  ,
  • inconstant
  ,
  • mutinous
  ,
  • neglectful
  ,
  • obstinate
  ,
  • unfaithful
  .
  • wicked
  • amoral
  ,
  • de based
  ,
  • de generate
  ,
  • de-based
  ,
  • de-generate
  ,
  • dis solute
  ,
  • dis-solute
  ,
  • in decent
  ,
  • in-decent
  ,
  • low down
  ,
  • low-down
  ,
  • lowdown
  ,
  • more amoral
  ,
  • more low down
  ,
  • more low-down
  ,
  • more lowdown
  ,
  • more unrighteous
  ,
  • most amoral
  ,
  • most lowdown
  ,
  • most unrighteous
  ,
  • pro fane
  ,
  • pro-fane
  ,
  • re probate
  ,
  • re-probate
  ,
  • un ethical
  ,
  • un principled
  ,
  • un-ethical
  ,
  • un-principled
  ,
  • un-righteous
  ,
  • unrighteous
  .

• Other relevant words:

• hard
,
• hard core
,
• masterful
,
• radical
.
• Other relevant words (noun):
• dominant
,
• unsubmissive
.

Usage examples for Obedient

Famous quotes with Obedient

• This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.

  Willie Aames
• Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

  Geoffrey Chaucer
• Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.

  Angela Davis
• Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

  Adolf Eichmann

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