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. 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.

2. Artavious Coleman:

   One of them actually lunged at one of the officers. He went for a tackle. Thats when I pulled out my phone, they got defiant, aggressive, and the officer had no other choice to defend himself, I think.

3. Claudette Colvin:

   People said I was crazy, because I was 15 years old and defiant and shouting,' It's my constitutional right !'.

4. Kate Andersen:

   There's never been any first lady as stubborn and defiant as Melania Trump.

5. French President Emmanuel Macron:

   I hear the defiance of all our partners, I'm not mad, but I know that being defiant and weak... is not a policy, it's a completely inefficient system, there is a second choice, which is to be demanding and restart a strategic dialogue because today we talk less and less, conflicts multiply and we aren't able to resolve them, he added. U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who spoke immediately after Pompeo, focused his remarks solely on China, accusing Beijing of a.