insubordinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not submissive to authority
    • a history of insubordinate behavior
    • insubordinate boys
  2. adjective satellite disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
    resistant; resistive.

WordNet

In`sub*or"di*nate adjective
Definitions
  1. Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous

Webster 1913