noncompliant
noncompliants
To be noncompliant is to be defiant and resistant to authority.
When someone is compliant, they go along with what others — especially people in authority — want them to do. When someone is noncompliant, they resist authority. A child refusing to do homework or chores is being noncompliant. A citizen ignoring a police officer's request is being noncompliant. An actor telling a director to get lost is being noncompliant. Sometimes it’s good to be noncompliant, like when Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus.
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boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
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synonyms:
defiant
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insubordinate, resistant, resistive, rogue
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
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obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant
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recalcitrant
marked by stubborn resistance to authority
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difficult, unmanageable
hard to control
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disobedient
not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
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insubordinate
not submissive to authority
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intractable
not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
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unwilling
not disposed or inclined toward
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Antonyms:
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compliant
disposed or willing to comply
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amenable, conformable
disposed or willing to comply
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lamblike
like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
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nonresistant
offering no resistance
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manageable
capable of being managed or controlled
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obedient
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
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manipulable, tractable
easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
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willing
disposed or inclined toward
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insubordinate, resistant, resistive, rogue
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a person who refuses to comply
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types:
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negativist
someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
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negativist
Vocabulary lists containing noncompliant
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