adj. Function: adjective
unwilling to submit to authority FF1C; insubordinate soldiers are court-martialed FF1E;
Synonyms: contumacious, factious, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious
Related Words: intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, ungovernable, unruly; indocile, uncompliant, uncomplying; disaffected, dissentious
Contrasted Words: amenable, biddable, docile, obedient, tractable; subdued, submissive, tame
Antonyms: subordinate