Synonyms for Uncooperative

Synonyms for "uncooperative" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

adversary adversative adverse alien antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetic antithetical balking balky bigoted bulldogged bulletheaded bullheadedcase hardenedcase-hardened clashing competitive complaining

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con conflicting contradictory contrary counter crossdeaf todeclinatory

Adjective(6 words)

asynergicbad attitudebalkiest bolshie cantankerouschallenging behaviors

Strong matches (50)

Adjective(11 words)

defiant disagreeable disobedient disobligingdysfunctional communityincorrigible intransigentleast communal attitudemild uncooperativenessnoncompliantnoncompliant design

disaccordant disagreeable disobedient disputatious disputing disregardful dissentient dissenting dogged dogmatic enemy fanatic fanatical forgetful fractious hardheaded headstrong heedless hostile inconsiderate

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indocile inimical insubordinate intolerant intractable mindless mulish negative nonconsenting

Verb(1 words)

disobeying

Noun(7 words)

highly individualisticholdoutleast communalsless collaborativeless cooperativelevel of rebelliousnessnoncompliant installation

Determiner(1 words)

least communal tendency

Adverb(1 words)

least cooperative descriptor

Related words (84)

noncooperating noncooperative objecting obstinate obstructiveon the barricadesopinionated opponent opposed opposing opposite oppositional oppositive oppugnant overthwart overzealous persevering pertinacious perverse pigheaded

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Adjective(8 words)

noncooperativeparental noncompliancepoor team chemistryresistant stubborn unhelpful unresponsive unruly

Noun(3 words)

refusing squirming stonewalling

Verb(1 words)

stonewalled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

3 entries

attitudebehavioral traitcharacteristic

More specific

6 entries

defiant behaviordisobedience noncooperationrefusal to cooperateresistance to instructionstonewalling

Collocations

5 entries

uncooperative attitudeuncooperative behavioruncooperative stanceuncooperative studentuncooperative team

Inflections

2 entries

more uncooperativemost uncooperative

Derivations

3 entries

cooperative uncooperatively uncooperativeness

Antonyms

1 entries

cooperative

similar

4 entries

disobedient unaccommodating unhelpful unobliging

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is being very uncooperative.

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Tom has been very uncooperative.

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Tom has been uncooperative.

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Tom said that Mary was uncooperative.

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Uncooperative