adj
Meaning 1
Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insubordinate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who defies authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To rebel or defy authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, informal, intransitive, nonstandard
Examples
- I think it's moral to insubordinate against a controlling boss.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: subordinate, subjugate, obey
adjective
Meaning 4
not submissive to authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a history of insubordinate behavior
- insubordinate boys
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: subordinate
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resistant, resistive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From in- + subordinate, on model of French insubordonné.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недисциплиниран (nediscipliniran) — rebellious
- Danish: ulydig — rebellious
- Finnish: tottelematon — rebellious
- Hungarian: fegyelemsértő — rebellious
- Hungarian: függelemsértő — rebellious
- Hungarian: parancsmegtagadó — rebellious
- Hungarian: engedetlen — rebellious
- Hungarian: ellenszegülő — rebellious
- Latin: contumax — rebellious
- Manx: neuchurmeydagh — rebellious
- Māori: whakakeke — rebellious
- Māori: whakatete — rebellious
- Swedish: uppstudsig — rebellious