Synonym: resistant, resistive. Similar words: subordinate, coordinate, coordinator, ordinary, ordinance, extraordinary, recording, according. Meaning: [‚ɪnsə'bɔrdnət /-'bɔːd-] adj. 1. not submissive to authority 2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
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1 In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
2 Many teachers dislike insubordinate children.
3 The men became mutinous and insubordinate.
4 The professor cited several instances of insubordinate behavior.
5 That's an insubordinate response.
6 A pity that they chose such an insubordinate path for themselves.
7 Do as mother says. If you are insubordinate, father will probably hear of it.
8 This morning at about nine o' clock, forewoman No. 2, Wang Chin-chen, ran into my office to report that Yao Chin-feng in Row No. 12 had made a mistake and was being insubordinate about it.
9 These are not stories of abusive familial situations, nor of insubordinate young women.
More similar words: subordinate, coordinate, coordinator, ordinary, ordinance, extraordinary, recording, according, cardinal, according to, insulate, insulated, dominate, nominate, ruminate, culminate, laminated, originate, obstinate, eliminate, fulminate, hallucinate, illuminate, incriminate, contaminate, exterminate, discriminate, decaffeinated, indiscriminate, suborn.