intractable
adjectiveHow many syllables in intractable?
There are 4 syllables in the word intractable.How to pronounce intractable:
Definition of intractable:
- intractable (adjective):
- not easily governed, managed, or directed
- not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.
- (of a person) difficult to influence or direct
Synonyms for intractable:
adamant
awkward
bad
balking
balky
bull-headed
cantankerous
contrary
contumacious
defiant
difficult
disobedient
dissident
dogged
fractious
froward
headstrong
incompliant
incurable
insubordinate
insurgent
intransigent
mischievous
naughty
noncompliant
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Antonyms for intractable:
abject
accepting
accessible
accommodating
accommodative
accordant
acquiescent
adaptable
agentic
agreeable
agreeing
altruistic
amenable
amendable
amiable
apologetic
appeasable
assentive
attentive
behaved
behaving
bending
beneficent
benevolent
benign
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- intonation
- intolerance
- intifada
- intertillage
- interrupting
- interpreting
- interlocking
- interactive
- intelligentsia
- integrated
- insufficient
- institution
- installation
- inspiringly
- insoluble
- insignia
- insecticides
- insatiably
- inodorous
- innovator
- initiated
- inhibition
- inherited
- influenza
- infirmity
- infinitive
- inferences
- inerrancy
- indiana
- indentation
- incontinent
- incognizant
- inclination
- inclemency
- incinerates
- incestuous
- inarguable
- inanimate
- impurities
- impresora
- importation
- impediments
- immunity
- immolated
- imformation
- illustrative
- illusory
- illuminer
- ilegible
- ignoramus
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