Synonyms for unruly

Adjective

1. boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly, disorderly (vs. orderly)

usage: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

2. disobedient, unruly, insubordinate (vs. subordinate)

usage: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"

3. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unmanageable (vs. manageable)

usage: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"