insubordinate
1. not submissive to authority - a history of insubordinate behavior - insubordinate boys • Ant: subordinate • Similar to: contumacious, disobedient, unruly, mutinous, rebellious • See Also: defiant, noncompliant 2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority • Syn: resistant, resistive • Similar to: defiant, noncompliant • Derivationally related forms: resist (for: resistive), resistance (for: resistant), resist (for: resistant)
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