Insubordinate synonyms and antonyms

ĭn'sə-bôr'dn-ĭt

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dissentious
Dissenting
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fractious
Having a peevish nature; cranky.
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mutinous
Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.
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factious
Producing or tending to produce faction; causing dissension
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insurgent
Designating or of a faction in revolt against the leadership of a political party
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recalcitrant
The definition of recalcitrant is having behavior that is difficult to deal with and being uncooperative with authority.
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riotous
Having the nature of a riot
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unyielding
Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
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rebellious (related)
Difficult to treat or handle
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refractory
Able to resist disease
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seditious
Of, relating to, or having the nature of sedition:
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unruly
Hard to control, restrain, or keep in order; disobedient, disorderly, etc.
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officious (related)
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obedient (antonym)
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
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behaved (antonym)
rebellious
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compliant (antonym)
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
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resist (related)
Refusing or failing to obey
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resistant
Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
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resistive
(Physics) Resisting the passage of electrical current
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subordinate (antonym)
Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
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insurrectional
Pertaining to insurrection.
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undisciplined (related)
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quarrelsome (related)
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insolent (related)
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Insubordinate Sentence Examples

  • While out of office with Pitt, Canning proved a somewhat insubordinate follower.

  • The princes and kings who had consented to pay tribute were by this success encouraged to rebel, and the Servian troops who had taken part in the battle of Konia became insubordinate.

  • It was for a long time a thankless post, for St Vincent was at once half incapacitated by ill-health and very arbitrary, while Nelson, who considered that Keith's appointment was 'a personal slight to himself, was peevish and insubordinate.

  • In 193, as praetor, he carried on a successful war against the insubordinate populations of his recently constituted province of Hispania Citerior.

  • In office he continued to be insubordinate, and committed mistakes which got him into bad odour as untrustworthy.

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