insubordinate

1. 1.

   not submissive to authority

   “a history of insubordinate behavior”

   “insubordinate boys”

   Antonymssubordinate

   Similarcontumaciousdisobedientmutinousrebellious
2. 2.

   disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

   Synonymsresistantresistive

   Similardefiant

Questions about insubordinate

What does insubordinate mean?

insubordinate means "not submissive to authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insubordinate?

insubordinate has 5 syllables: in-su-bor-di-nate. The stress falls on "bor". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsəˈbɔɹdəˌneɪt/.

What is another word for insubordinate?

Close synonyms include resistant, resistive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of insubordinate?

The recorded antonyms are subordinate.

Is insubordinate a common word?

insubordinate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insubordinate?

52 words rhyme with insubordinate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.