Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb balk

1 sense of balk

Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib -- (refuse to comply)
       => disobey -- (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired")

Antonyms of adj balking

1 sense of balking

Sense 1
balking, balky -- (stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer")

INDIRECT (VIA intractable) -> tractable, manipulable -- (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler)

Similarity of adj balking

1 sense of balking

Sense 1
balking, balky -- (stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer")
       => intractable (vs. tractable) -- (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal")