The father had trouble communicating with his wayward son.
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Wayward
/ˈweɪwə(ɹ)d/
Synonyms for "wayward" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Adjective(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (53)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
level of rebelliousness
Verb(1 words)
Related words (89)
Adjective(4 words)
of easy virtueof loose moralsornerypaphianpeccableperversepetulantpostlapsarianprodigalpromiscuousquirkyramblingrecalcitrantrecidivistrecidivisticrecusantrestiverestlessrovingscatterbrained
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self-willedshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingslackspasmodicspinelessstubbornstuffysulkysullentemperamentaltransgressiveunaccountableunangelicuncertainunchasteuncleanuncomplyinguncontrolledundependableundisciplinedunduteousundutifulunfixedungodlyungoodunpredictableunreasonableunreliableunrestrainedunrighteousunsaintlyunsettledunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunvirtuousvacillatingvagariousvagrantvariablevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousviolativevirtuelessvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavyweakwhimsicalwhorishwillfulwishy washywishy-washywrongheaded
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2 entriescharacter traitcourse descriptor
More specific
4 entriesdivergent pathoff course decisionwayward childwayward student
Collocations
6 entrieswayward behaviorwayward childwayward coursewayward pathwayward studentwayward tendencies
Inflections
2 entriesmore waywardmost wayward
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The wayward son has returned.
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Fancies are like shadows . . . you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.
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Gradlon, as is so often the case with pious men, had a wayward child, the princess Dahut.
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