Synonyms for uncontrollable
un·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.

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

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

   Preposition:
   Rebellious to or against lawful authority.

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1. uncontrollable, unmanageableadjective

   difficult to solve or alleviate

   "uncontrollable pain"

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

   Antonyms:
   manageable, corrigible, controlled, manipulable, tractable

2. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyadjective

   of persons

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

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

   Antonyms:
   manipulable, manageable, tractable, controlled, corrigible

3. uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageableadjective

   incapable of being controlled or managed

   "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

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

   Antonyms:
   tractable, controlled, manageable, corrigible, manipulable

4. irrepressible, uncontrollableadjective

   impossible to repress or control

   "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

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

   Antonyms:
   controlled, corrigible, manipulable, tractable, manageable

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1. uncontrollableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungovernable, irrepressible, rampant, headstrong, not to be controlled

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1. uncontrollableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungovernable, irrepressible

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1. List of paraphrases for "uncontrollable":

   uncontrolled, unmanageable, unverifiable, out-of-control, intractable, unchecked

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1. Abraham Harold Maslow:

   Become aware of internal, subjective subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc., with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hither unconscious and uncontrollable processes

2. 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.

3. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Take care of what is controllable and let go of what is uncontrollable.

4. Abraham Maslow:

   Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.

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.