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DEFIANT Antonyms

There are 6 antonyms of the word defiant. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For DEFIANT

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compliant
adjectiveadj
adjective

• inclined to comply

docile
adjectiveadj
adjective

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

adjective satellite

• ready and willing to be taught

• easily handled or managed

obedient
adjectiveadj
adjective

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

submissive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

adjective satellite

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

yielding
adjectiveadj
noun

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

adjective satellite

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

dominant
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• exercising influence or control

• (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

noun

• (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

• an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

adjective satellite

• most frequent or common

Alternatives for COMPLIANT

Alternatives for DOCILE

Alternatives for OBEDIENT

Alternatives for SUBMISSIVE

Alternatives for YIELDING

Alternatives for DOMINANT

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