- turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
- swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious: a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections.
- turning or changing irregularly; irregular: a wayward breeze.
- wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others
- capricious, erratic, or unpredictable
