Synonyms of insubordinate

insubordinate 1 of 2

adjective

as in rebellious

given to resisting authority or another's control

the junior officer was court-martialed for being insubordinate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebellious
• rebel
• defiant
• stubborn
• disobedient
• willful
• recalcitrant
• contumacious
• wilful
• refractory
• contrary
• obstreperous
• unruly
• mischievous
• wayward
• intractable
• naughty
• rigid
• dogged
• restive
• ungovernable
• adamant
• dissident
• insurgent
• balky
• untoward
• unrelenting
• incompliant
• mutinous
• rude
• froward
• uncooperative
• uncontrollable
• wild
• resistant
• recusant
• obstinate
• bad
• peevish
• headstrong
• obdurate
• mulish
• noncooperative
• unbending
• pertinacious
• opinionated
• unmanageable
• uncompromising
• monkeying
• disorderly
• negativistic
• inflexible
• disrespectful
• fractious
• insolent
• hardheaded
• implacable
• undisciplined
• pigheaded
• impudent
• immovable
• unyielding
• wrongheaded
• self-willed
• perverse
• ornery
• errant
• discourteous
• nonconformist
• impertinent
• uncouth
• adamantine
• uncivil
• ungracious
• unmannerly
• inconsiderate
• impolite
• misbehaving
• ill-mannered
• monkeyish
• ill-natured
• ill-bred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obedient
• docile
• cooperative
• submissive
• compliant
• acquiescent
• amenable
• amiable
• conformable
• tractable
• deferential
• agreeable
• disciplined
• behaved
• yielding
• biddable
• polite
• courteous
• respectful
• obliging
• servile
• well-bred
• subservient
• obsequious
• slavish
• ruly
• proper
• orderly
• decorous
• controllable
• mannerly
• manageable
• trainable
• kowtowing
• governable

insubordinate

2 of 2

noun

as in rebel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebel
• resistant
• insurgent
• challenger
• resister
• mutineer
• recusant
• insurrectionist
• oppositionist
• defier
• insurrectionary
• revolutionary
• anarchist
• revolutionist
• refuser
• red
• discontent
• extremist
• revolter
• anarch
• radical
• malcontent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patriot
• loyalist
• supporter
• counterinsurgent
• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolutionist