- wayward
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. perverse, willful, for-ward; delinquent; capricious, changeable, wanton; rebellious; irregular, accidental. See changeableness, disobedience.II(Roget's IV) modif.Syn. unruly, disobedient, perverse, headstrong, unmanageable, insubordinate, capricious, delinquent, incorrigible; refractory, willful, unruly, self-indulgent, changeable, recalcitrant, stubborn.Ant. obedient*, stable, resolute*.III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.1. disobedient headstrong, rebellious, defiant, nonconforming, contrary, willful, delinquent, incorrigible, stubborn, obstinate, bullheaded, unmanageable, ungovernable, refractory.2. unpredictable erratic, fickle, capricious, changeable, unstable, impulsive, unsteady.ANT.: 1. obedient, compliant, deferential. 2. predictable, stable, steadyIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Given to acting in opposition to others: balky, contrarious, contrary, difficult, froward, impossible, ornery, perverse. See ATTITUDE, SUPPORT.
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