insubordinate
11insubordinate — [[t]ɪ̱nsəbɔ͟ː(r)dɪnət[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is insubordinate, you mean that they do not obey someone of higher rank. [FORMAL] In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge …
12insubordinate — /ɪnsəˈbɔdənət / (say insuh bawduhnuht) adjective 1. not submitting to authority; disobedient: insubordinate crew. 2. not in a subordinate position. –noun 3. someone who is insubordinate. –insubordinately, adverb –insubordination… …
13insubordinate — adjective Date: circa 1828 disobedient to authority • insubordinate noun • insubordinately adverb • insubordination noun …
14insubordinate — adjective she defended her insubordinate behavior by exposing corruption in high places Syn: disobedient, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, undisciplined, delinquent, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, recalcitrant, uncooperative …
15insubordinate — in•sub•or•di•nate [[t]ˌɪn səˈbɔr dn ɪt[/t]] adj. 1) not submitting to authority; disobedient 2) a person who is insubordinate • Etymology: 1840–50 in sub•or′di•nate•ly, adv …
16insubordinate — adjective a) rebellious or defiant to authority b) contumacious …
17insubordinate — Synonyms and related words: agitator, brawler, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disaffected, disobedient, dissentious, extremist, factious, fractious, frondeur, headstrong, heady, incompliant, indocile, insurgent, insurrectional, insurrectionary …
18insubordinate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disobedient, intractable; mutinous, insurgent; stubborn, obstinate, too big for one s britches (inf.). See disobedience, defiance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disobedient, mutinous, defiant; see… …
19insubordinate — in|sub|or|di|nate [ ,ınsə bɔrdnət ] adjective FORMAL not obeying or not showing respect to someone who has authority over you …
20insubordinate — in·sub·or·di·nate || ‚ɪnsÉ™ bÉ”rdnÉ™t / bÉ”Ëd adj. disobedient, rebellious, recalcitrant; defiant, ungovernable …
