Exact Match:
- retardant
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant"
Synonyms:
- complaining,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- fractious,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardative,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
Related Words:
- complaining,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- fractious,
- noncooperative,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protestant,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- uncooperative,
- under protest,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
- complaining,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- fractious,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protestant,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- uncooperative,
- under protest,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
- flameproof
collapse - resistant to catching fire related words >
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- fire-resistant,
- fire-resisting,
- fire-retardant,
- fire-retarded,
- fireproof,
- fireproofed,
- foolproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impervious to,
- leakproof,
- noiseproof,
- proof,
- proof against,
- punctureproof,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- shatterproof,
- shellproof,
- soundproof,
- tight,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- fireproof
collapse
- impervious to damage by fire
- make resistant to fire related words >
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- fire-resistant,
- fire-resisting,
- fire-retardant,
- fire-retarded,
- fireproofed,
- flameproof,
- foolproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impervious to,
- insulate,
- leakproof,
- noiseproof,
- proof,
- proof against,
- punctureproof,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- shatterproof,
- shellproof,
- soundproof,
- tight,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- choking,
- complaining,
- constrictive,
- contrary,
- counterproductive,
- crosswise,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- fractious,
- hindering,
- hindersome,
- in the way,
- inhibiting,
- inhibitive,
- interrupting,
- interruptive,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructing,
- obstruent,
- occlusive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repressive,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restrictive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- stifling,
- strangling,
- suppressive,
- troublesome,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
- beyond control,
- breachy,
- complaining,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- deviant,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- fractious,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- insubordinate,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- irrepressible,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- noncooperating,
- noncooperative,
- nonobservant,
- objecting,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- out of hand,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- shrewish,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- unbiddable,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- wild,
- withstanding
- aggressive,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- combative,
- complaining,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fractious,
- ill-humored,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- polemical,
- pro and con,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding,
- wrangling
- asbestos
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- a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer related words >
- act drop,
- amianthus,
- asbestos board,
- asbestos curtain,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- earth flax,
- fire break,
- fire curtain,
- fire line,
- fire resistance,
- fire retardant,
- fire wall,
- fireproofing,
- flat,
- flipper,
- hanging,
- mountain flax,
- rag,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- side scene,
- stage screw,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- clashing,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- counter,
- cross,
- disaccordant,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- enemy,
- fractious,
- hostile,
- indocile,
- inimical,
- insubordinate,
- intractable,
- negative,
- noncooperating,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- overthwart,
- perverse,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- rival,
- uncompliant,
- uncooperative,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- unpropitious,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
- against,
- alienated,
- antiestablishment,
- at odds with,
- at variance with,
- breakaway,
- complaining,
- con,
- contrary,
- counter-culture,
- deviant,
- differing,
- disagreeing,
- disappointed,
- disapprobatory,
- disapproving,
- discontented,
- disenchanted,
- disgruntled,
- disillusioned,
- displeased,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissatisfied,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- fractious,
- in opposition,
- indignant,
- low,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- noncooperative,
- nonobservant,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- poor,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- turned-off,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- unappreciative,
- unapproving,
- uncompliant,
- uncomplimentary,
- unconforming,
- uncooperative,
- underground,
- unfavorable,
- unhappy,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding
- repellent
collapse
- the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
- a chemical substance that repels animals
- a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
- incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" related words >
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- base,
- beastly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- complaining,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- diamagnetic,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- distasteful,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fractious,
- fulsome,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- ignoble,
- invidious,
- loathsome,
- malodorous,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- noisome,
- noncooperative,
- noxious,
- objecting,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- obstructive,
- odious,
- of opposite polarity,
- offensive,
- on the barricades,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebarbative,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolting,
- revulsive,
- sickening,
- stinking,
- uncongenial,
- uncooperative,
- ungenial,
- unsubmissive,
- unsympathetic,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- vile,
- withstanding
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- apathetic,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- complaining,
- conflicting,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- dilatory,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- firm,
- fractious,
- grudging,
- hostile,
- indifferent,
- inimical,
- laggard,
- loath,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposing,
- oppositional,
- oppugnant,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- pokerlike,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- ramrodlike,
- reactionary,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolutionary,
- rigid,
- rodlike,
- slow,
- slow to,
- starched,
- starchy,
- stiff,
- stiff as buckram,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight,
- uncooperative,
- unenthusiastic,
- unrelaxed,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- unzealous,
- up in arms,
- virgate,
- withstanding
- rebellious
collapse
- participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"
- resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew" related words >
- alienated,
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- breakaway,
- complaining,
- complaintful,
- contumacious,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- croaking,
- defiant,
- difficult,
- disaffected,
- disappointed,
- discontented,
- disgruntled,
- disobedient,
- displeased,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissatisfied,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- envious,
- estranged,
- extreme,
- extremistic,
- factious,
- faultfinding,
- fractious,
- griping,
- grouchy,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- incorrigible,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- murmuring,
- mutineering,
- mutinous,
- muttering,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- out of humor,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- querulant,
- querulous,
- rebel,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resentful,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- restless,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolutional,
- revolutionary,
- riotous,
- seditionary,
- seditious,
- stubborn,
- subversive,
- sulky,
- traitorous,
- treasonable,
- turbulent,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- uncooperative,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungovernable,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unmanageable,
- unruly,
- unsatisfied,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- whiny,
- withstanding
- against the grain,
- against the tide,
- against the wind,
- all ready,
- all set,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- at cross-purposes,
- at daggers,
- at daggers drawn,
- at feud,
- at issue,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at square,
- at strife,
- at variance,
- at war,
- at war with,
- athwart,
- booted and spurred,
- briefed,
- coached,
- cocked,
- complaining,
- contra,
- contrariwise,
- counter,
- cross,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- equipped,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- familiarized,
- fractious,
- good and ready,
- groomed,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in confrontation,
- in hostile array,
- in opposition,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- informed,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- mature,
- mobilized,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- on the mark,
- planned,
- prearranged,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- primed,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- provided,
- psyched up,
- ready,
- ready for anything,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- ripe,
- set,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- vigilant,
- well-prepared,
- with crossed bayonets,
- withstanding
- Jeremianic,
- beef,
- beefing,
- bellyache,
- bellyaching,
- bitch,
- bitching,
- complaint,
- complaintful,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- croaking,
- destructive criticism,
- disappointed,
- discontented,
- disgruntled,
- displeased,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissatisfied,
- dissent,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- envious,
- faultfinding,
- fractious,
- fretful,
- grievance,
- gripe,
- griping,
- groan,
- groaning,
- grouchy,
- grouse,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- holler,
- howl,
- howling,
- kick,
- kicking,
- lamentive,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- moanful,
- mournful,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- out of humor,
- peeve,
- peevish,
- peevishness,
- pet peeve,
- petulance,
- petulant,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- proof against,
- protest,
- protesting,
- puling,
- querulant,
- querulous,
- querulousness,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resentful,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- restless,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- scolding,
- sniping,
- sorrowful,
- squawk,
- squawking,
- sulky,
- ululant,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- uncooperative,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unsatisfied,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- wailful,
- whimpering,
- whining,
- whiny,
- withstanding,
- yapping
- reluctant
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- not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help"
- unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help" related words >
- afraid,
- ambling,
- antagonistic,
- apathetic,
- averse,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- calculating,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- complaining,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deliberate,
- dilatory,
- disinclined,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- easy,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- fractious,
- gentle,
- gradual,
- grudging,
- halting,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indifferent,
- indisposed,
- indolent,
- laggard,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leery,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loath,
- lumbering,
- moderate,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposed,
- perfunctory,
- poking,
- poky,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- relaxed,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- sauntering,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tentative,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- uncooperative,
- uneager,
- unenthusiastic,
- unhurried,
- unsubmissive,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- unzealous,
- up in arms,
- waddling,
- wary,
- withstanding
- refractory
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- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
- not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" related words >
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- at odds,
- averse,
- beyond control,
- breachy,
- bullheaded,
- china,
- clashing,
- clay,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- counter,
- cross,
- cursory,
- defiant,
- deviant,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- disinclined,
- disobedient,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- enamel,
- enemy,
- forced,
- fractious,
- headstrong,
- hostile,
- impatient of control,
- incorrigible,
- indisposed,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- inimical,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- involuntary,
- irrepressible,
- mulish,
- mutinous,
- negative,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- noncooperative,
- nonobservant,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- ornery,
- out of hand,
- overthwart,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- porcelain,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- rival,
- self-willed,
- shrewish,
- stiff-necked,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- unbiddable,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- unconsenting,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unpropitious,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- wild,
- withstanding
- uncooperative
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- unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness" related words >
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- balking,
- balky,
- bigoted,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- case-hardened,
- clashing,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- counter,
- cross,
- deaf to,
- declinatory,
- disaccordant,
- disobedient,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- disregardful,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- enemy,
- fanatic,
- forgetful,
- fractious,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- heedless,
- hostile,
- inconsiderate,
- indocile,
- inimical,
- insubordinate,
- intolerant,
- intractable,
- mindless,
- mulish,
- negative,
- nonconsenting,
- noncooperating,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opinionated,
- opponent,
- opposed,
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- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- overthwart,
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- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- rejective,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- respectless,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- rival,
- self-willed,
- set,
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- stubborn,
- sulky,
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- tenacious,
- thoughtless,
- unaccommodating,
- uncomplaisant,
- uncompliant,
- uncomplying,
- unconsenting,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- unheedful,
- unhelpful,
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- unobliging,
- unpropitious,
- unregenerate,
- unsubmissive,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- willful,
- withstanding
- fractious
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- unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" related words >
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- at odds,
- averse,
- bearish,
- beyond control,
- bitchy,
- breachy,
- cankered,
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- churlish,
- clashing,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- counter,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crusty,
- cursory,
- cussed,
- defiant,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disinclined,
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- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- enemy,
- excitable,
- feisty,
- forced,
- fretful,
- hostile,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- impatient of control,
- incorrigible,
- indisposed,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- inimical,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- involuntary,
- irascible,
- irrepressible,
- irritable,
- mean,
- mutinous,
- negative,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- ornery,
- out of hand,
- overthwart,
- peevish,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- querulous,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- rival,
- shrewish,
- snappish,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- testy,
- ugly,
- unbiddable,
- unconsenting,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- undisciplined,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unpropitious,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- waspish,
- wild,
- withstanding
- recalcitrant
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- marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators" related words >
- adamant,
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- at odds,
- averse,
- beyond control,
- bouncing,
- bounding,
- breachy,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- counter,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- cursory,
- defiant,
- deviant,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- disinclined,
- disobedient,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- enemy,
- firm,
- forced,
- fractious,
- headstrong,
- hostile,
- immovable,
- impatient of control,
- incorrigible,
- indisposed,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- inflexible,
- inimical,
- insubordinate,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- involuntary,
- irrepressible,
- mutinous,
- negative,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- nonobservant,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- ornery,
- out of hand,
- overthwart,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- rebellious,
- rebounding,
- recoiling,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repercussive,
- repugnant,
- resilient,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolutionary,
- rival,
- shrewish,
- springing,
- stiff,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- unbending,
- unbiddable,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- unconsenting,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- undisciplined,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unpropitious,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- untoward,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- wayward,
- wild,
- withstanding
- resistant
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- impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion" related words >
- against,
- airtight,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- at odds,
- averse,
- ballproof,
- beyond control,
- bombproof,
- bony,
- breachy,
- breakaway,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- cartilaginous,
- cement,
- cemental,
- chewy,
- clashing,
- cohesive,
- complaining,
- concrete,
- conflicting,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contumacious,
- coriaceous,
- corneous,
- corrosionproof,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- cursory,
- dampproof,
- defiant,
- dense,
- diamondlike,
- differing,
- disagreeing,
- disinclined,
- disobedient,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- durable,
- dure,
- fibrous,
- fire-resisting,
- fireproof,
- flameproof,
- flintlike,
- flinty,
- foolproof,
- forced,
- fractious,
- granitelike,
- granitic,
- gristly,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardhearted,
- hardy,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- horny,
- hostile,
- immovable,
- immune,
- impervious,
- impervious to,
- incorrigible,
- indisposed,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- inimical,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- intransigent,
- involuntary,
- iron-hard,
- ironlike,
- irrepressible,
- lapideous,
- lasting,
- leakproof,
- leatherlike,
- leathery,
- lithoid,
- lithoidal,
- marble,
- marblelike,
- mutinous,
- noiseproof,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- nonsusceptible to disease,
- obdurate,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- oppositional,
- oppugnant,
- osseous,
- out of hand,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- proof,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- punctureproof,
- reactionary,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolutionary,
- rocklike,
- rocky,
- ropy,
- rustproof,
- shatterproof,
- shedding,
- shellproof,
- shrewish,
- sinewy,
- solid,
- soundproof,
- steellike,
- steely,
- stiff,
- stonelike,
- stony,
- stringy,
- strong,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- tenacious,
- tight,
- tough,
- tough as leather,
- unaffected,
- unbiddable,
- uncompliant,
- unconsenting,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- untiring,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- vigorous,
- viscid,
- watertight,
- weatherproof,
- wild,
- wiry,
- withstanding
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