Synonyms: disobedient
Definition: not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
Usage: disobedient children
Similar words: contrary, wayward, obstinate, perverse
Definition: resistant to guidance or discipline
Usage: Mary Mary quite contrary; an obstinate child with a violent temper; a perverse mood; wayward behavior
Similar words: fractious, recalcitrant, refractory
Definition: stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Usage: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness; a refractory child
Similar words: self-willed, headstrong, froward, wilful, willful
Definition: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Similar words: recusant
Definition: refusing to submit to authority
Usage: the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate- Mary W.Williams
Synonyms: disobedient, unruly
Definition: unwilling to submit to authority
Usage: unruly teenagers
Similar words: insubordinate
Definition: not submissive to authority
Usage: a history of insubordinate behavior; insubordinate boys