uncooperative

The word “uncooperative” has 6 syllables: un-co-op-er-a-tive

It's pronounced as /ˌʌn.koʊˈɑː.pɚ.ə.tɪv/


What is synonym and antonym for uncooperative?

In the thesaurus, “uncooperative” has 82 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for uncooperative along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for uncooperative

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • bad
  • balky
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • discourteous
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • disrespectful
  • dissident
  • dogged
  • errant
  • fractious
  • froward
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • ill-natured
  • immovable
  • impertinent
  • implacable
  • impolite
  • impudent
  • incompliant
  • inconsiderate
  • inflexible
  • insolent
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • monkeying
  • monkeyish
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • naughty
  • negativistic
  • nonconformist
  • noncooperative
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • obstreperous
  • opinionated
  • ornery
  • peevish
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • recusant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • rigid
  • rude
  • self-willed
  • stubborn
  • unbending
  • uncivil
  • uncompromising
  • uncontrollable
  • uncouth
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • ungracious
  • unmanageable
  • unmannerly
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded

Antonyms for uncooperative

  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • behaved
  • biddable
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • controllable
  • cooperative
  • courteous
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • disciplined
  • docile
  • governable
  • kowtowing
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • obedient
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • orderly
  • polite
  • proper
  • respectful
  • ruly
  • servile
  • slavish
  • submissive
  • subservient
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • well-bred
  • yielding

Meanings of uncooperative

  • adjective
    1. Not cooperative.

Example Sentences

  • The suspect was uncooperative, refusing to answer any questions.
  • Her uncooperative attitude made the group project more difficult.
  • The child was being uncooperative during the medical examination.
  • The manager had to deal with an uncooperative employee who ignored instructions.
  • Negotiations failed because both parties remained uncooperative.

On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to uncooperative, such as: acquiescent, adamant, adamantine, agreeable, amenable, amiable, bad.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

obdurate

  • abusive
  • acrimonious
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • affectless
  • anal-retentive
  • austere
  • barbarous
  • bestial
  • bloody-minded
  • boorish
  • brutal
  • brutish
  • bullhead
  • bullheaded
  • callous
  • cantankerous
  • case-hardened
  • cold
  • cold fish
  • cold-blooded
  • compassionless
  • confirmed
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • cruel
  • cussed
  • deaf to reason
  • defiant
  • demanding
  • desensitized
  • determined
  • disagreeable
  • disobedient
  • dogged
  • evil-minded
  • exacting
  • firm
  • fixed
  • frosty
  • froward
  • grim
  • hanging tough
  • hard
  • hard-bitten
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-hearted
  • hard-line
  • hard-nosed
  • hard-shell
  • hard-shelled
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • headstrong
  • heartless
  • heavy-handed
  • heedless
  • hell-bent
  • hidebound
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • immovable
  • implacable
  • inconsiderate
  • inconvincible
  • indomitable
  • indurate
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • insensate
  • insensitive
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • inveterate
  • invincible
  • iron
  • ironfisted
  • ironhanded
  • ironhearted
  • jackbooted
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • mean
  • merciless
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • narrow-minded
  • obsessive
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • oppressive
  • ossified
  • pachydermatous
  • pat
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • pitiless
  • rancorous
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • relentless
  • remorseless
  • resolved
  • rigid
  • rough
  • rough-and-tumble
  • ruthless
  • savage
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • set
  • set in stone
  • severe
  • single-minded
  • slash-and-burn
  • sledgehammer
  • soulless
  • spiteful
  • steadfast
  • stern
  • stiff-necked
  • stoney
  • stony
  • stonyhearted
  • stouthearted
  • strict
  • stubborn
  • surly
  • take-no-prisoners
  • tenacious
  • thick-skinned
  • thoughtless
  • tough
  • unbending
  • uncaring
  • uncharitable
  • uncompassionate
  • uncompromising
  • unconquerable
  • uncooperative
  • unemotional
  • unfeeling
  • unflinching
  • unfriendly
  • ungentle
  • ungovernable
  • unimpressible
  • unloving
  • unmanageable
  • unmerciful
  • unregenerate
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • unshakable
  • unsparing
  • unsympathetic
  • unthinking
  • unyielding
  • vicious
  • virulent
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded

quarrelsome

  • acidic
  • aggressive
  • agonistic
  • antagonistic
  • argumentative
  • assaultive
  • bad-tempered
  • balky
  • battling
  • bearish
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • bilious
  • brawling
  • brawly
  • bristly
  • cantankerous
  • captious
  • cat-and-dog
  • chippy
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • combative
  • confrontational
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • controversial
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • disagreeable
  • discordant
  • disobedient
  • disputatious
  • dissentious
  • dyspeptic
  • excitable
  • feisty
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • fighting
  • fractious
  • fretful
  • froward
  • gladiatorial
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • hardheaded
  • hasty
  • have chip on shoulder
  • headstrong
  • hostile
  • hot-tempered
  • hotheaded
  • huffy
  • ill-humored
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • impassioned
  • insubordinate
  • intractable
  • irascible
  • irritable
  • litigious
  • militant
  • mulish
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • on the warpath
  • ornery
  • passionate
  • peevish
  • perverse
  • pettish
  • petulant
  • pigheaded
  • polemic
  • polemical
  • prickly
  • pugnacious
  • querulous
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • ructious
  • rude
  • savage
  • scrappy
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • splenetic
  • stroppy
  • stubborn
  • surly
  • tempestuous
  • testy
  • thin-skinned
  • touchy
  • truculent
  • turbulent
  • ugly
  • unbending
  • uncompromising
  • uncooperative
  • unreasonable
  • unruly
  • unyielding
  • vicious
  • violent
  • war
  • warlike
  • warring
  • waspish
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful

obstinate

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • anal-retentive
  • bloody-minded
  • bullheaded
  • cantankerous
  • confirmed
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • convinced
  • cussed
  • dead set on
  • deaf to reason
  • defiant
  • demanding
  • determined
  • disobedient
  • dogged
  • dogmatic
  • exacting
  • firm
  • froward
  • hard
  • hard-line
  • hard-nosed
  • hard-shell
  • hard-shelled
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • heady
  • hell-bent
  • hidebound
  • immovable
  • implacable
  • inconvincible
  • indomitable
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • inveterate
  • invincible
  • iron
  • locked-in
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • narrow-minded
  • obdurate
  • obsessive
  • opinionated
  • opinionative
  • ossified
  • pat
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • relentless
  • resolved
  • restive
  • rigid
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • set
  • severe
  • single-minded
  • steadfast
  • stern
  • stiff-necked
  • stouthearted
  • strict
  • strong-minded
  • stubborn
  • tenacious
  • unalterable
  • unbending
  • uncompromising
  • unconquerable
  • uncooperative
  • unflinching
  • ungovernable
  • unmanageable
  • unregenerate
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • unyielding
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded

obstreperous

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • bad
  • balky
  • blaring
  • blatant
  • blustering
  • blusterous
  • boisterous
  • booming
  • brassy
  • brazen
  • cacophonous
  • caterwauling
  • clamant
  • clamorous
  • clangorous
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • dinning
  • discordant
  • discourteous
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • disrespectful
  • dissident
  • dissonant
  • dogged
  • earsplitting
  • errant
  • fractious
  • froward
  • grating
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • ill-natured
  • immovable
  • impertinent
  • implacable
  • impolite
  • impudent
  • incompliant
  • inconsiderate
  • inflexible
  • insolent
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • loud
  • loudmouthed
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • monkeying
  • monkeyish
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • naughty
  • negativistic
  • noisy
  • nonconformist
  • noncooperative
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • ornery
  • out of hand
  • outspoken
  • peevish
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • piercing
  • pigheaded
  • rackety
  • raising Cain
  • raising the roof
  • rambunctious
  • raucous
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • recusant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • rigid
  • riotous
  • robustious
  • rowdy
  • rude
  • screaming
  • self-willed
  • shrill
  • squawking
  • strepitous
  • strident
  • stubborn
  • tumultuous
  • unbending
  • uncivil
  • uncompromising
  • uncontrollable
  • uncooperative
  • uncouth
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • ungracious
  • unmanageable
  • unmannerly
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • uproarious
  • vocal
  • vociferant
  • vociferating
  • vociferous
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yowling

unamiable


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