Associations to the word «Insubordinate»

Wiktionary

INSUBORDINATE, adjective. Rebellious or defiant to authority.
INSUBORDINATE, adjective. Contumacious.

Dictionary definition

INSUBORDINATE, adjective. Not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys".
INSUBORDINATE, adjective. Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats