Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
not submissive to authority;
- Example: "a history of insubordinate behavior"- Example: "insubordinate boys"2.
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority;
[syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insubordinate \In`sub*or"di*nate\, a.
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious;
mutinous.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insubordinate
adj 1: not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate
behavior"; "insubordinate boys" [ant: subordinate]
2: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
[syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive]