unruly

/ənɹˈuli/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
   “a boisterous crowd”
2. unwilling to submit to authority
   “unruly teenagers”
3. incapable of being controlled
   “the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly”

Synonyms for unruly

• boisterous
• rambunctious
• robustious
• rumbustious
• disorderly
• disobedient
• insubordinate
• indocile
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable
• unmanageable

Words that rhyme with unruly

• truly
• cruelly
• coolly
• duly
• lazuli
• newly
• unduly
• benasuli
• bewley
• bianculli
• bruley
• buley
• cerulli
• cooley
• coulee
• crisafulli
• dooley
• duley
• gooley
• gulli
• hooley
• juli
• julie
• kewley
• newley
• ooley
• pooley
• renzulli
• ruley
• rulli