insubordination

Other forms of insubordination

plural

insubordinations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about insubordination

What does insubordination mean?

insubordination means "defiance of authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insubordination?

insubordination has 6 syllables: in-su-bor-di-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsəˌbɔɹdəˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for insubordination?

Close synonyms include rebelliousness. 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 insubordination?

The recorded antonyms are subordination.

Is insubordination a common word?

insubordination is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 insubordination?

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