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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient.
His wayward son had gotten himself suspended from school once again.- synonyms:
- disobedient, fractious, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly
- antonyms:
- docile, obedient
- similar words:
- contrary, difficult, froward, headstrong, incorrigible, intractable, lawless, mutinous, perverse, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild, willful
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| definition 2: |
swayed by whim; unpredictable; capricious.
- synonyms:
- capricious, erratic, fickle, impulsive, unpredictable
- similar words:
- arbitrary, changeable, flighty, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
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| definition 3: |
changing unpredictably; irregular.
a wayward path- synonyms:
- erratic, unpredictable
- similar words:
- changeable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, unstable, variable, volatile
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| related words: |
abnormal, insubordinate, naughty, rebellious |
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| derivations: |
waywardly (adv.), waywardness (n.) |
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