🔄 Synonyms of "Wayward"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| obstinate | Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent. |
| contrarynoun | Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. |
| perversenoun | Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. |
| disobedientnoun | Not obedient. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wayward"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contrary | Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. |
| obstinate | Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent. |
| perverse | Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. |
| disobedient | Not obedient. |
| erratic | Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent. |
| capricious | Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. |
| stubborn | Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something. |
| unpredictable | Unable to be predicted. |
| willful | American standard spelling of wilful. |
| headstrong | Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want. |
| incalculable | (not comparable) Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation. |
| unforeseeable | Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated. |
| arbitrary | (usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. |
| hard-nosed | (of a person) Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment. |
| volatile | (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic. |
| warped | Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape |
| perversed | Perverted; morally wrong; wicked; corrupt. |
| wandersome | Characterised or marked by wandering |
| vagulous | vague, wayward |
| vagarious | Subject to vagaries; erratic. |
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