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English adjective: insubordinate

1. insubordinate not submissive to authority


SamplesA history of insubordinate behavior.
Insubordinate boys.


Similarcontumacious, disobedient, mutinous, rebellious, unruly


See alsodefiant, noncompliant


Antonymssubordinate

2. insubordinate disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority


Synonymsresistant, resistive


Similardefiant, noncompliant


Antonymscompliant









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