noncooperator
Refuses to assist
A noncooperator is someone who refuses to cooperate, especially with authorities or established systems.
The term often appears in political contexts, describing those who resist through passive noncompliance rather than active opposition: Gandhi urged his followers to become noncooperators with British rule.
Also spelled non-cooperator.
Opponent of orthodoxy
- objectorOne who formally disagrees
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- recusantOne refusing required obedience
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
resister · abstainer · boycotter · protester · naysayer · contrarian · dissident · conscientious objector
Peaceful refusal to obey
- passive resistanceOpposing through peaceful noncompliance
- nonviolent resistanceProtest through peaceful means
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- boycottOrganized economic protest
nonparticipation · obstruction · sit-in · hunger strike · fasting · work stoppage · slowdown · walkout
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- unrulyDifficult to control
noncompliant · disobedient · contumacious · mutinous · refractory · obstreperous · unsubmissive · contrary
Firmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
adamant · immovable · unbending · obdurate · steadfast · resolute · tenacious · persistent
dissenter
Opponent of orthodoxy
- objectorOne who formally disagrees
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- recusantOne refusing required obedience
holdout · resister · abstainer · boycotter · protester · naysayer · contrarian · dissident · conscientious objector · draft resister
civil disobedience
Peaceful refusal to obey
- passive resistanceOpposing through peaceful noncompliance
- nonviolent resistanceProtest through peaceful means
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
boycott · nonparticipation · obstruction · sit-in · hunger strike · fasting · work stoppage · slowdown · walkout · strike
defiant
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
unruly · noncompliant · disobedient · contumacious · mutinous · refractory · obstreperous · unsubmissive · contrary · wayward
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
inflexible · adamant · immovable · unbending · obdurate · steadfast · resolute · tenacious · persistent · dogged
- war resistersconscientious objector, pacifist, draft resister, draft dodger, draft evader
noncooperatorcooperator
One who works jointly
collaborator · team player · partner · contributor · participant
noncooperatorcollaborator
One who works jointly
conformist · cooperate · complier · loyalist · yes-man