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willfuladjectiveor wilful given to resisting authority or another's controla particularly willful horse that took weeks to break to saddle balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward noncooperative, uncooperativeinsurgent, mutinousadamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyieldingfractious, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wildperverse, resistant, wrongheadedbad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughtyundisciplineddissident, nonconformistdiscourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obligingyieldingbehaved, disciplined, well-bredcourteous, polite, respectfulkowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservientdecorous, mannerly, orderly, propercontrollable, governable, manageable, trainable given to resisting control or discipline by othersfinally the parents sought professional counseling for the willful child froward, headstrong, incontrollable, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wayward bullheaded, contrary, difficult, hardheaded, incorrigible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff, stiff-necked, stubbornundisciplined, unpunisheduncontrolled, wildboisterous, irrepressible, rambunctious, rowdydisobedient, indocile, insubordinate, rebelliousmisbehaving, naughty out of hand controllable, governable, manageable, tractable docile, obedient, well-behavedcompliant, placable, pliable, submissive, yieldingaccepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willingreasonable, temperate, trainable having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessitya willful disregard for the rights of others arbitrary, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, peremptory arrogant, commanding, demanding, dominant, domineering, haughty, imperative, lordly, masterful, overbearing, presumptuousauthoritarian, autocratic(also autocratical), despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannouscapricious, changeable, erratic, inconsistent, mercurial, whimsicalbiased, inequitable, partisan, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust, unrealistic, unreasonableunconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objectiverational, reasonable, understandingunbiased, unprejudicedethical, honorable, irreproachable, law-abiding, moral, principled, unimpeachable made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doinga willful attempt to cheat her siblings out of their rightful inheritance conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, witting designed, plannedadvised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighedpremeditated, premeditative, prepensediscretionary, elective, optional, volunteer nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional inadvertent, unwittingaccidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, randomaimless, desultory, purposelessabrupt, impetuous, suddencoerced, forced, involuntarycompulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, requiredcasualextemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasionthe kind of willful person who can never bring himself to admit that he made a mistake adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding anal-retentive, obsessivewayward, wrongheadeddetermined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinchingfirm, hard-line, hard-shell(or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, stricthidebound, narrow-minded, rigidbloody-minded(chiefly British), cantankerouscontrary, cussedcontumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrulydefiant, insurgent, mutinousindomitable, invincible, unconquerableconfirmed, inveterate, unregeneratedemanding, exacting deaf to reason acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractableaccepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willinggovernable, manageable, reasonable, temperateslavish, subservient unruly, ungovernable, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, willful, headstrong mean not submissive to government or control.unruly implies lack of discipline or incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of behavior.unruly children ungovernable implies either an escape from control or guidance or a state of being unsubdued and incapable of controlling oneself or being controlled by others.ungovernable rage intractable suggests stubborn resistance to guidance or control.intractable opponents of the hazardous-waste dump refractory stresses resistance to attempts to manage or to mold.special schools for refractory children recalcitrant suggests determined resistance to or defiance of authority.acts of sabotage by a recalcitrant populace willful implies an obstinate determination to have one's own way.a willful disregard for the rights of others headstrong suggests self-will impatient of restraint, advice, or suggestion.a headstrong young cavalry officer in the 13th century |