Antonyms of adj sheeplike

1 sense of sheeplike

Sense 1
sheeplike, sheepish -- (like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity)

INDIRECT (VIA docile) -> stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

Similarity of adj sheeplike

1 sense of sheeplike

Sense 1
sheeplike, sheepish -- (like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity)
       => docile (vs. stubborn) -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation")

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