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defiant has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 1 sense. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is compliant.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
“brought up to be aggressive and defiant”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for defiant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.