nnoun.persona person who refuses to complySynset:balker baulker
Derivationally Related Form:baulkbalk
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:balkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:balkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:negativist
adjadj.allboldly resisting authority or an opposing forceSynset:defiant
Examples:- brought up to be aggressive and defiant
- a defiant attitude
Antonyms:compliant
Derivationally Related Form:defynoncompliancedefiance
Inherited Hypernyms:defiant
Similar to:insubordinate resistant resistive obstreperous recalcitrant
See also:difficult disobedient insubordinate intractable unmanageable unwilling