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. 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.

2. Edgar Watson Howe:

   Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

3. Khalifa Haftar:

   If we give arms and support to the Libyan National Army, it can do the job much better than anyone else, better than any external intervention that would risk putting us in a situation that could get out of hand and provoke uncontrollable developments.

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. Winston Churchill:

   Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.