Synonyms for defiant
dɪˈfaɪ əntde·fi·ant

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1. defiantadjective

   Synonyms:
   dareful

2. defiantadjective

   Defying.

   Synonyms:
   dareful

3. defiantadjective

   Boldly resisting opposition.

   Synonyms:
   dareful

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1. defiant, noncompliantadjective

   boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

   "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

   Synonyms:
   noncompliant

   Antonyms:
   compliant, conformable, lamblike, nonresistant, amenable

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1. defiantadjective

   Synonyms:
   bold, daring, courageous

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1. defiantadjective

   Synonyms:
   disobedient, insubmissive, contumacious, bellicose, rebellious, contumelious, refractory, cockahoop, mutinous

   Antonyms:
   obedient, tractable, submissive

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1. List of paraphrases for "defiant":

   challenger, challenging, defies, defying, defy

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1. George Frost Kennan:

   Not only the studying and writing of history but also the honoring of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith-a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity.

2. Jerry Nadler:

   We've heard from a number of other people who have said they will comply if we give them a subpoena -- they want an excuse, they want a friendly subpoena, so-called, there are a couple of people who have been defiant and said they're not going to comply, but that's only a handful.

3. John Katko:

   And that's before Afghanistan fell, this is a very dangerous situation, and what is most disturbing is that the president was just defiant as hell about his decision – it is clear he didn't listen to his key military advisers – and he did not talk about the biggest implication of his decision, which is an increased threat to the homeland.

4. Amy Oakes:

   She was diagnosed in first grade after there were some difficulties in the classroom, but there were other components to it -- there was oppositional defiant disorder, there were some [autism] spectrum-like behaviors, and difficulty later on socializing with other children.

5. Marek Jezowski:

   It was clearly a defiant, but civil demonstration.