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Synonyms and antonyms of unmanageable in English

unmanageable

adjective
These are words and phrases related to unmanageable. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of unmanageable.

HEADSTRONG

Synonyms

headstrong
willful
bent on having one's own way
impulsive
rash
reckless
incautious
imprudent
hotheaded
intractable
ungovernable
froward
refractory
uncontrollable
contrary
perverse
defiant
incorrigible
unruly
wayward
recalcitrant
stubborn
obstinate
bullheaded
pigheaded
mulish
dogged
obdurate

Antonyms

subservient
obedient
pliant
docile
submissive
impressionable
manageable
cautious
deliberate
methodical

FRACTIOUS

Synonyms

recalcitrant
willful
fractious
cross
irritable
peevish
ill-tempered
grouchy
snappish
fretful
querulous
irascible
touchy
huffy
shirty
waspish
petulant
shrewish
pettish
quarrelsome
unruly
refractory
rebellious
wayward
perverse
contrary
disputatious

Antonyms

complaisant
amiable
good-humored
genial
agreeable
good-natured

REBELLIOUS

Synonyms

up in arms
mutinous
seditious
insurgent
insurrectionary
revolutionary
turbulent
truculent
unruly
ungovernable
uncontrollable
disorderly
alienated
rebellious
defiant
disobedient
insubordinate
intractable
refractory
contrary
recalcitrant
pugnacious
fractious
contumacious
quarrelsome

Antonyms

patriotic
loyal
dutiful
deferential
obedient
unresistant
subordinate
subservient

OBSTINATE

Synonyms

intractable
uncontrollable
ungovernable
refractory
recalcitrant
obstinate
stubborn
obdurate
unyielding
unbending
inflexible
willful
self-willed
headstrong
mulish
unreasonably stubborn
pigheaded
resolute
steadfast
staunch
dogged
persistent
tenacious

Antonyms

compliant
complaisant
yielding
pliant
amenable
flexible
irresolute
undecided
wavering
wishy-washy
tractable
manageable
docile
obedient
submissive

DIFFICULT

Synonyms

hard to manage
unruly
froward
obstinate
stubborn
willful
perverse
rambunctious
recalcitrant
obstreperous
unyielding
intractable
fractious
inflexible
difficult
hard to please
hard to satisfy
hard to deal with
unpredictable
unaccommodating
critical
fastidious

Antonyms

easy
pleasant
amenable
cooperative
accommodating
manageable
flexible
tractable

UNRULY

Synonyms

unruly
disobedient
obstreperous
wild
willful
ungovernable
undisciplined
uncontrollable
intractable
recalcitrant
wayward
headstrong
perverse
refractory
fractious
contrary
unbridled
restive
rowdy
disorderly
boisterous

Antonyms

obedient
well-behaved
well-mannered
manageable
controllable
docile
tractable
submissive
compliant
sweet-tempered
agreeable
calm
reserved

BULKY

Synonyms

bulky
cumbersome
unwieldy
clumsy
awkward
unhandy
ungainly
lumpish
large
big
huge
massive
immense
voluminous
enormous
hulking
extensive
capacious
sizable

Antonyms

handy
manageable
wieldy
small
little
petite
diminutive
slim

OBSTREPEROUS

Synonyms

obstreperous
disorderly
unruly
refractory
uncontrolled
unrestrained
disobedient
perverse
ungovernable
uncontrollable
rampaging
uproarious
roistering
noisy
loud
boisterous
clamorous
vociferous

Antonyms

orderly
restrained
obedient
well-behaved
manageable
tractable
docile
quiet
calm

CLUMSY

Synonyms

clumsy
unhandy
cumbersome
bulky
unwieldy
ungainly
awkward
crude
rough
unskilled
inept
ill-contrived
makeshift
careless

Antonyms

handy
professional
expert
skillful

INCORRIGIBLE

Synonyms

incorrigible
uncontrollable
unruly
beyond saving
hopeless
past changing
beyond help
intractable
delinquent
hardened
hard-core
thoroughly bad

Antonyms

correctable
manageable
tractable
amenable

IMPOSSIBLE

Synonyms

impossible
intractable
stubborn
unyielding
intransigent
intolerable
insufferable
unbearable
unsolvable
insoluble
unanswerable
 Synonyms for unmanageable from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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