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INSUBORDINATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does insubordinate mean?

• INSUBORDINATE (adjective)
The adjective INSUBORDINATE has 2 senses:

1. not submissive to authority
2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

Familiarity information: INSUBORDINATE used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSUBORDINATE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Not submissive to authority

Context examples:

a history of insubordinate behavior / insubordinate boys

Similar:

contumacious (wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient)

disobedient; unruly (unwilling to submit to authority)

mutinous (disposed to or in a state of mutiny)

rebellious (resisting control or authority)

Also:

defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

Antonym:

subordinate (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

Synonyms:

insubordinate; resistive; resistant

Similar:

defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

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