uncontrollable
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
difficult to solve or alleviate
uncontrollable pain
Related & opposite
- intractable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of persons
the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Related & opposite
- unruliness derivation
- unmanageable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
incapable of being controlled or managed
uncontrollable children
Related & opposite
- refractoriness derivation
- incorrigible similar to
Sense 4 adjective
impossible to repress or control
an irrepressible chatterbox
Related & opposite
- irrepressibility derivation
- uncontrolled similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | intractable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unruliness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmanageable |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | incorrigible |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | irrepressibility |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncontrolled |