Synonyms of rebelliousness

rebelliousness

noun

as in rebellion

refusal to obey

her habitual rebelliousness eventually landed her in the principal's office

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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