Synonyms of incompliant

incompliant

adjective

ˌin-kəm-ˈplī-ənt 

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

a perpetually incompliant employee who seemed to think that the rules did not apply to him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebellious
• rebel
• defiant
• stubborn
• contrary
• willful
• rigid
• recalcitrant
• obstreperous
• wilful
• disobedient
• intractable
• wayward
• refractory
• contumacious
• insubordinate
• unruly
• ungovernable
• mischievous
• naughty
• adamant
• balky
• dogged
• restive
• untoward
• unrelenting
• dissident
• froward
• uncontrollable
• uncooperative
• bad
• insurgent
• resistant
• noncooperative
• rude
• wild
• negativistic
• recusant
• mutinous
• unmanageable
• inflexible
• uncompromising
• obstinate
• peevish
• implacable
• obdurate
• pertinacious
• mulish
• immovable
• unbending
• monkeying
• opinionated
• unyielding
• perverse
• adamantine
• disorderly
• wrongheaded
• errant
• fractious
• disrespectful
• undisciplined
• insolent
• headstrong
• impudent
• uncivil
• discourteous
• hardheaded
• pigheaded
• ungracious
• nonconformist
• unmannerly
• inconsiderate
• self-willed
• impertinent
• misbehaving
• uncouth
• impolite
• ornery
• monkeyish
• ill-mannered
• ill-natured
• ill-bred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliant
• obedient
• cooperative
• docile
• conformable
• amenable
• tractable
• submissive
• deferential
• amiable
• agreeable
• acquiescent
• behaved
• yielding
• biddable
• disciplined
• polite
• respectful
• obliging
• courteous
• proper
• servile
• well-bred
• obsequious
• subservient
• ruly
• slavish
• orderly
• controllable
• manageable
• decorous
• mannerly
• trainable
• kowtowing
• governable

Examples of incompliant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Financial regulators often use such orders to compel reforms at undercapitalized or incompliant banks. —The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020