'Insubordinate' definitions:
Definition of 'insubordinate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" [ant: subordinate]
adjective
Definition of 'Insubordinate'
From: GCIDE
- Insubordinate \In`sub*or"di*nate\, a. Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insubordinate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitator,
- brawler,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disaffected,
- disobedient,
- dissentious,
- extremist,
- factious,
- fractious,
- frondeur,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- incompliant,
- indocile,
- insurgent,
- insurrectional,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- intractable,
- irresponsible,
- lawless,
- licentious,
- malcontent,
- maverick,
- mutineer,
- mutinous,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperating,
- noncooperative,
- obstreperous,
- perverse,
- rampant,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reinless,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- seditious,
- self-willed,
- subversive,
- traitor,
- unaccountable,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncompliant,
- uncomplying,
- uncontrolled,
- uncooperative,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- ungovernable,
- ungoverned,
- unreined,
- unrestrained,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- wildcat,
- willful