uncontrollable

The word “uncontrollable” has 5 syllables: un-con-trol-la-ble

It's pronounced as /ˌʌn.kənˈtroʊ.lə.bəl/


What is synonym and antonym for uncontrollable?

In the thesaurus, “uncontrollable” has 63 synonyms and 23 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for uncontrollable along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for uncontrollable

  • beside oneself
  • boisterous
  • bullheaded
  • contrary
  • difficult
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • excited
  • fractious
  • frantic
  • freaked
  • froward
  • furious
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • incontrollable
  • incorrigible
  • indocile
  • indomitable
  • insubordinate
  • insuppressible
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • irrepressible
  • irresistible
  • lawless
  • like a loose cannon
  • mad
  • misbehaving
  • mulish
  • naughty
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • out of hand
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rambunctious
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • rowdy
  • self-willed
  • stiff
  • stiff-necked
  • strong
  • stubborn
  • uncontainable
  • uncontrolled
  • undisciplinable
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • unmanageable
  • unpunished
  • unrestrainable
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • violent
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful

Antonyms for uncontrollable

  • accepting
  • compliant
  • controllable
  • controlled
  • docile
  • governable
  • manageable
  • mild
  • moderate
  • obedient
  • persuadable
  • placable
  • pliable
  • reasonable
  • receptive
  • responsive
  • submissive
  • temperate
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • well-behaved
  • willing
  • yielding

Meanings of uncontrollable

  • adjective
    1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

Example Sentences

  • The fire spread quickly due to the uncontrollable winds.
  • His uncontrollable laughter disrupted the serious meeting.
  • The team's excitement was uncontrollable after their unexpected victory.
  • She struggled to hold back her uncontrollable tears of joy.
  • The situation became uncontrollable, forcing authorities to intervene.

On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to uncontrollable, such as: accepting, beside oneself, boisterous, bullheaded, compliant, contrary, controllable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • angered
  • annoyed
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  • ape
  • aroused
  • baked
  • bananas
  • bent
  • bent out of shape
  • berserk
  • beside oneself
  • bitter
  • blazing
  • bloodthirsty
  • boiling
  • bothered
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  • brutal
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  • bugged
  • bummed out
  • burned up
  • carried away
  • chafed
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  • coercive
  • confused
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  • corybantic
  • cracked
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  • cruel
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  • displaced
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  • dogged
  • dotty
  • embittered
  • emotional
  • enflamed
  • enraged
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  • exasperated
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • fighting mad
  • fit to be tied
  • flipped
  • flipped-out
  • foaming at the mouth
  • forceful
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  • frantic
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  • frenzied
  • fried
  • fuming
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  • hacked
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  • headstrong
  • heated
  • homicidal
  • hopping mad
  • hot
  • hot and bothered
  • hotheaded
  • huffed
  • huffy
  • hysterical
  • ill-tempered
  • impassioned
  • impetuous
  • in a fit
  • in a tizzy
  • in a towering rage
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insane
  • intemperate
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  • irate
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  • ireful
  • irrational
  • irrepressible
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • livid
  • loco
  • locoed
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • madded
  • maniac
  • maniacal
  • miffed
  • mighty
  • murderous
  • nervous
  • nettled
  • neurotic
  • nuts
  • offended
  • outraged
  • overwrought
  • panic-stricken
  • passionate
  • peed
  • peeved
  • peeved off
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • piqued
  • pissed
  • pissed off
  • possessed
  • potent
  • powerful
  • provoked
  • put out
  • rabid
  • rage
  • raging
  • rampant
  • rankled
  • raving
  • resentful
  • riled
  • riotous
  • roiled
  • rough
  • rousted
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • savage
  • seething
  • smoking
  • sore
  • spasmodic
  • splenetic
  • steamed
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • storming
  • strong
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • teed off
  • tempestuous
  • ticked off
  • turbulent
  • unbalanced
  • uncontrollable
  • uncontrolled
  • unglued
  • ungovernable
  • unhinged
  • unnerved
  • unreasonable
  • unrestrained
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsound
  • unstrung
  • unzipped
  • up in arms
  • uproarious
  • upset
  • uptight
  • urgent
  • vehement
  • vexed
  • vext
  • vicious
  • violent
  • whacko
  • wild
  • worked-up
  • wrathful

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