wayward
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- "wayward behavior"
Adj
- Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
- Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.
- Not on target.
Origin / Etymology
Shortening of away + -ward.
Synonyms
adamant, ardent, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, contrary, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, irrefragable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vagabond, vehement, wilful, willful
Scrabble Score: 17
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