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- pronunciation:
- weI
w
 rd
- 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 |
adverb + (adj.)wayward
gently, late
(adj.)wayward
+ noun
boyfriend,
branch,
breeze,
brother,
cat,
child,
comet,
cousin,
cow,
curl,
daughter,
drive,
existence,
franchise,
gene,
girl,
grass,
hair,
husband,
lifestyle,
lock,
lover,
moon,
neighborhood,
nephew,
path,
pilot,
sailor,
search,
sheep,
ship,
shot,
son,
soul,
strand,
teen,
teenager,
thought,
tongue,
tourist,
whale,
youth
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| derivations: |
waywardly (adv.), waywardness (n.) |
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