DISOBEDIENT Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

disobedient

adjective

ˌdis-ə-ˈbē-dē-ənt

Definition of disobedient

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control the disobedient child refused to eat his vegetables

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Recent Examples of disobedient As a drone whirred overhead and hooded people spray-painted the building and its fixtures, the protestors advocated for more civilly disobedient methods. — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026 The news organizations also found that Garrison employees frequently removed students from their classrooms and sent them to crisis rooms when the students were upset, disobedient or aggressive. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 But the main Putin-era methods for curtailing disobedient media proved to be lawfare and corporate takeovers. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2025 Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disobedient

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Adjective

Converse and Vaquera are coming together again with a rebellious spirit.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
In the episode on the 1993 timeline, the team intervenes when a general’s rebellious teen son is targeted by a dangerous former gang member.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebellious

Adjective

Since early 2025, the March 23 Movement, a rebel group, has seized control of large parts of the park, fueling poaching, deforestation and trafficking.

— Elodie Toto, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Capturing towns and roads would hamper Tigrayan fighters without necessarily securing the vast rural areas where the rebel forces regrouped during the previous war, Taylor said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebel

Adjective

Angry and defiant, McQueen became a full throttle juvenile delinquent, and his mother sent him to the California Junior Boys Republic in Chino.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
From men wearing pink to push back against the pressures of toxic masculinity to women pushing back against unrealistic body standards, pink has become a color of defiant empathy.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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