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INSUBORDINATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Synonyms:
insubordinate; resistant; resistive
Classified under:
Similar:
defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not submissive to authority
Example:
insubordinate boys
Classified under:
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)
