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in-subordinate
adjective as in insolent
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adjective as in insubordinate
adjective as in insurgent
adjective as in lawless
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- anarchical
- anarchistic
- bad
- contumacious
- criminal
- despotic
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- evil
- fierce
- heterodox
- infringing
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- mutinous
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconformist
- piratical
- rebellious
- recusant
- revolutionary
- riotous
- savage
- seditious
- tempestuous
- terrorizing
- traitorous
- tyrannous
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- unorthodox
- unpeaceful
- unrestrained
- untamed
- warlike
- wild
adjective as in mutinous
adjective as in naughty
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adjective as in radical
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in rebel
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adjective as in recalcitrant
adjective as in revolutionary
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adjective as in stubborn
Strongest matches
adjective as in treasonous
adjective as in turbulent
Weak matches
- agitated
- anarchic
- angry
- boisterous
- demonstrative
- destructive
- disorderly
- excited
- fiery
- foaming
- insubordinate
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- passionate
- perturbed
- rabid
- rambunctious
- rampant
- refractory
- riotous
- roughhouse
- rude
- seditious
- shaking
- stern
- storming
- termagant
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- untamed
- uproarious
- vehement
- vociferous
- wild
adjective as in undisciplined
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in vicious
Strongest matches
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
adjective as in incompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in treasonable
adjective as in unbendable
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in uncompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in contrary
Strongest matches
adjective as in contumacious
adjective as in defiant
adjective as in disobedient
adjective as in factious
adjective as in insolent
Strongest match
adjective as in insubordinate
adjective as in insurgent
adjective as in lawless
Weak matches
- anarchical
- anarchistic
- bad
- contumacious
- criminal
- despotic
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- evil
- fierce
- heterodox
- infringing
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- mutinous
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconformist
- piratical
- rebellious
- recusant
- revolutionary
- riotous
- savage
- seditious
- tempestuous
- terrorizing
- traitorous
- tyrannous
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- unorthodox
- unpeaceful
- unrestrained
- untamed
- warlike
- wild
adjective as in mutinous
adjective as in naughty
Strongest matches
adjective as in radical
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in rebel
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in recalcitrant
adjective as in revolutionary
Strongest matches
adjective as in stubborn
Strongest matches
adjective as in treasonous
adjective as in turbulent
Weak matches
- agitated
- anarchic
- angry
- boisterous
- demonstrative
- destructive
- disorderly
- excited
- fiery
- foaming
- insubordinate
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- passionate
- perturbed
- rabid
- rambunctious
- rampant
- refractory
- riotous
- roughhouse
- rude
- seditious
- shaking
- stern
- storming
- termagant
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- untamed
- uproarious
- vehement
- vociferous
- wild
adjective as in undisciplined
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in vicious
Strongest matches
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
adjective as in incompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in treasonable
adjective as in unbendable
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in uncompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in contrary
Strongest matches
adjective as in contumacious
adjective as in defiant
adjective as in disobedient
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On this page you'll find 1038 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in-subordinate, such as: disrespectful, bold, brazen, abusive, arrogant, and barefaced.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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