OBEISANT Antonyms

• not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

• unwilling to submit to authority

• exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

• neither feeling nor showing respect

• 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

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• a person who refuses to comply

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

• 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

• unwilling to cooperate

• intentionally unaccommodating

• done by design

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition