Antonyms for rebellious
rɪˈbɛl yəsre·bel·lious

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1. rebellious

   Rebellious signifies being in a state of rebellion (see REBELLION under REVOLUTION), and is even extended to inanimate things that resist control or adaptation to human use. Ungovernable applies to that which successfully defies authority and power; unmanageable to that which resists the utmost exercise of skill or of skill and power combined; rebellious, to that which is defiant of authority, whether successfully or unsuccessfully; seditious, to that which partakes of or tends to excite a rebellious spirit, seditious suggesting more of covert plan, scheming, or conspiracy, rebellious more of overt act or open violence. While the unmanageable or ungovernable defies control, the rebellious or seditious may be forced to submission; as, the man has an ungovernable temper; the horses became unmanageable; he tamed his rebellious spirit. Insubordinate applies to the disposition to resist and resent control as such; mutinous, to open defiance of authority, especially in the army, navy, or merchant marine. A contumacious act or spirit is contemptuous as well as defiant. Compare OBSTINATE; REVOLUTION.

   Antonyms:
   compliant, controllable, deferential, docile, dutiful, gentle, manageable, obedient, submissive, subservient, tractable, yielding

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, mutinous, refractory, seditious, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

   Preposition:
   Rebellious to or against lawful authority.

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1. rebelliousadjective

   resisting control or authority

   "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

   Antonyms:
   content, contented, subordinate, loyal

   Synonyms:
   malcontent, disaffected, ill-affected

2. disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebelliousadjective

   discontented as toward authority

   Antonyms:
   content, contented, subordinate, loyal

   Synonyms:
   malcontent, disaffected, ill-affected

3. rebelliousadjective

   participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

   "the rebelling confederacy"

   Antonyms:
   loyal, contented, content, subordinate

   Synonyms:
   malcontent, disaffected, ill-affected

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1. rebelliousadjective

   Antonyms:
   dutiful, submissive, docile, compliant, deferential, obedient

   Synonyms:
   insurgent, seditious, mutinous, insubordinate, refractory

How to use rebellious in a sentence?

1. Simone de Beauvoir:

   In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

2. Echo Delta:

   Lots of Hong Kong people think of us as troublemakers, young people are more appreciative, I guess this has to do with the spirit of being rebellious.

3. Keven Kwaku:

   Information Superhighway is really an acronym for 'Interactive Network For Organizing, Retrieving, Manipulating, Accessing And Transferring Information On National Systems, Unleashing Practically Every Rebellious Human Intelligence, Gratifying Hackers, Wiseacres, And Yahoos'.

4. Aldous Huxley:

   Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

5. Susan Whitbourne:

   Added to this rebellious component of the behavior is the anonymity provided by social media and the disinhibition it enables, once posted, these displays will generate a certain amount of social reinforcement( i.e. likes and thumbs ups), and so the behavior spreads.

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