UNCONFORMING Synonyms

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• marked by or capable of arousing controversy

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

• unwilling to submit to authority

• (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• not submissive to authority

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• persist stubbornly

• being in opposition or having an opponent

• characterized by active hostility

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority

• relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

• able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

• impervious to being affected

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• not responding to treatment

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• done by design

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition