Definitions For Recalcitrant

adjective

  • Marked by stubborn resistance to authority
  • Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Is Recalcitrant a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Recalcitrant is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Recalcitrant in a Sentence

  • The manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority
  • A heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home

Synonyms for Recalcitrant

Antonyms for Recalcitrant

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