insubordinate as an adjective: - 1
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insubordinate
adjective
1 insubordinate
Not submissive to authority.
Roget 742:
disobedient;
uncomplying,
uncompliant;
unsubmissive†,
unruly,
ungovernable;
breachy†,
insubordinate,
impatient of control,
incorrigible;
restiff†,
restive;
refractory,
contumacious,
recusant
etc.
(refuse)
764;
recalcitrant;
resisting
etc.
719;
lawless,
mutinous,
seditions,
insurgent,
riotous.
unobeyed†;
unbidden.
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2 insubordinate
Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
synonyms: resistant, resistive.
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 ... show more.
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