Synonyms of disobedience

disobedience

noun

ˌdis-ə-ˈbē-dē-ən(t)s 

as in rebellion

refusal to obey

they gave up on training the dog to fetch because of his constant disobedience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebellion
• defiance
• willfulness
• rebelliousness
• disrespect
• insubordination
• contumacy
• waywardness
• recalcitrance
• contrariness
• unruliness
• rudeness
• intractability
• refractoriness
• frowardness
• noncooperation
• stubbornness
• obstreperousness
• civil disobedience
• balkiness
• insolence
• obstinacy
• perversity
• inconsiderateness
• impoliteness
• self-will
• inconsideration
• impudence
• obduracy
• peevishness
• pigheadedness
• tenacity
• pertinacity
• ungraciousness
• naughtiness
• impertinence
• doggedness
• mischievousness
• tenaciousness
• hardheadedness
• discourteousness
• knavery
• obdurateness
• mulishness
• obstinateness
• pertinaciousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obedience
• subordination
• compliance
• submission
• tractability
• subservience
• submissiveness
• amiability
• amenability
• subserviency
• agreeability
• slavishness
• tractableness
• subordinateness
• deference
• docility
• trainability
• dutifulness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of disobedience

Some districts in Ohio, such as Cleveland Municipal, reduced the number of disobedience suspensions of Black children over the past year, but the number in the state overall climbed to more than 78,400 in 2022-23, up 16% from the previous year. —Meredith Kolodner, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024

Set in Italy during Mussolini's fascist regime, the Oscar-winning film casts Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) as an inspiring spirit of civic disobedience. —Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024

In societies where inequality is so fierce, people may come to think of narcos as complex heroes of class disobedience. —Vanessa Rosales Altamar, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2024

This, then, is the mystery Suzie is roped into solving while Sunny worms her way into her owner’s (and viewers’) good graces through acts of service, gentle questions and spurts of benevolent disobedience. —Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 July 2024

Phrases Containing disobedience

• civil disobedience