Antonyms for uncontrollableun·con·trol·lable

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1. uncontrollable

   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, rebellious, refractory, seditious, ungovernable, unmanageable

   Preposition:
   Rebellious to or against lawful authority.

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1. uncontrollable, unmanageableadjective

   difficult to solve or alleviate

   "uncontrollable pain"

   Antonyms:
   manageable, corrigible, controlled, manipulable, tractable

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, indocile, difficult, uncorrectable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unwieldy, unruly

2. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyadjective

   of persons

   "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

   Antonyms:
   manipulable, manageable, tractable, controlled, corrigible

   Synonyms:
   rambunctious, rumbustious, irrepressible, indocile, robustious, disobedient, uncorrectable, boisterous, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly

3. uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageableadjective

   incapable of being controlled or managed

   "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

   Antonyms:
   tractable, controlled, manageable, corrigible, manipulable

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, indocile, difficult, uncorrectable, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, unwieldy

4. irrepressible, uncontrollableadjective

   impossible to repress or control

   "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

   Antonyms:
   controlled, corrigible, manipulable, tractable, manageable

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, uncorrectable, unmanageable, indocile, ungovernable, unruly

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1. uncontrollableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungovernable, irrepressible

How to use uncontrollable in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   By nature, men are uncontrollable and wild, and it should be, but women have the key to control them, if they know how to use it.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   The creator created women to control those wild, uncontrollable, intriguing men.

3. James Murdoch:

   The damage is profound, the sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years.

4. Dan Pfeiffer:

   The incredible and uncontrollable obsession with all things Trump has moved almost all of the scrutiny and focus to the GOP side of the equation once Clinton survived the Benghazi hearing and Biden dropped out.

5. Joan Didion:

   A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.

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