Defiant
Factious
Factious adjective - Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
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Synonyms for Factious
Defiant and factious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiant" instead an adjective "Factious".
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Related pairs
- obstinate and defiant
- obstinate and factious
- contrary and defiant
- contrary and factious
- refractory and defiant
- refractory and factious
- disobedient and defiant
- disobedient and factious
- contumacious and defiant
- contumacious and factious
- hostile and defiant
- hostile and factious
- recalcitrant and defiant
- recalcitrant and factious
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