Synonyms of the word

insubordinate

• adj. Rebellious or defiant to authority.
• adj. Contumacious.

contumacious

• adj. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
• adj. (law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

defiant

• adj. defying.
• adj. Boldly resisting opposition.

disobedient

• adj. Not obedient.

mutinous

• adj. Likely to commit mutiny.
• adj. Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.

noncompliant

• adj. Not compliant; rebellious.
• n. One who fails to comply, for example with a law.

rebellious

• adj. Showing rebellion.

resistant

• n. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
• n. A thing which resists.
• adj. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
• adj. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature,…
• adj. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

resistive

• adj. (physics) Resisting the passage of electrical current.
• adj. Tending to resist.

unruly

• adj. wild; uncontrolled.