insubordinate
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not submissive to authority
a history of insubordinate behavior
Related & opposite
- noncompliant also see
- subordinate antonym
- contumacious similar to
- unruly similar to
- mutinous similar to
- rebellious similar to
Sense 2 adjective
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Related & opposite
- resistance derivation
- stand firm derivation
- protest derivation
- balk derivation
- noncompliant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | contumacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unruly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mutinous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rebellious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stand firm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | balk |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | noncompliant |