Antonyms for in subordinate
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-suh-bawr-dn-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn səˈbɔr dn ɪt |
- accepting
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- agreeing
- alike
- amenable
- behaved
- behaving
- broad-minded
- calm
- cautious
- civilized
- clean
- complacent
- complaisant
- compliant
- concordant
- conforming
- conservative
- consistent
- controllable
- controlled
- cooperating
- cooperative
- correspondent
- cowardly
- dependable
- equal
- extrinsic
- flexible
- following
- friendly
- gentle
- giving
- glorious
- good
- governed
- happy
- harmonious
- homogeneous
- honorable
- humble
- innocent
- irresolute
- kind
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- licit
- like
- manageable
- mild
- moderate
- modest
- moral
- nice
- nonessential
- obedient
- obliging
- observant
- passive
- patient
- peaceful
- pleasant
- pliable
- pliant
- polite
- proper
- pure
- quiet
- reasonable
- respectable
- respectful
- right
- rightful
- same
- servile
- settled
- similar
- soft
- stable
- steady
- submissive
- submitting
- subordinate
- subordinating
- superficial
- surrendering
- tame
- tractable
- united
- valid
- virtuous
- weak
- willing
- yielding
Definition of in subordinate
Origin :- 1849, on model of French insubordonné (1789); from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + subordinate. Related: Insubordinately.
- As in insolent : adj bold, disrespectful
- As in insubordinate : adj rebellious
- As in insurgent : adj rebellious
- As in lawless : adj reckless, ungoverned
- As in mutinous : adj rebellious
- As in naughty : adj bad, misbehaved
- As in radical : adj deviating by extremes
- As in rebel : adj not obeying
- As in recalcitrant : adj disobedient, uncontrollable
- As in revolutionary : adj rebellious
- As in stubborn : adj obstinate, unyielding
- As in treasonous : adj disloyal
- As in turbulent : adj rebellious, unmanageable
- As in undisciplined : adj uncontrolled
- As in unruly : adj disobedient
- As in vicious : adj corrupt, wrong
- As in wayward : adj contrary, unmanageable
- As in incompliant : adj stubborn
- As in indocile : adj unruly
- As in treasonable : adj treasonous
- As in unbendable : adj stubborn
- As in uncompliant : adj stubborn
- As in contrary : adj antagonistic; opposite
- As in contumacious : adj headstrong, obstinate
- As in defiant : adj disobedient, disregardful
- As in disobedient : adj defiant, mischievous
- As in factious : adj conflicting, warring
Synonyms for in subordinate
- abandoned
- aberrant
- abhorrent
- abusive
- adamant
- adamantine
- advanced
- adverse
- aggressive
- agitated
- alienated
- anarchic
- anarchical
- anarchistic
- angry
- annoying
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- antithetical
- apostate
- arbitrary
- arrogant
- assertive
- atrocious
- audacious
- bad
- badly behaved
- balky
- barbarous
- barefaced
- base
- bawdy
- belligerent
- betraying
- bitter
- boisterous
- bold
- brassbound
- brassy
- brazen
- breezy
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- capricious
- challenging
- changeable
- chaotic
- clashing
- complete
- conflicting
- contaminated
- contemptuous
- contending
- contentious
- contradictory
- contrariant
- contrary
- contumacious
- contumelious
- converse
- counter
- criminal
- cross-grained
- cruel
- cussed
- dangerous
- daring
- debased
- defiant
- degenerate
- degraded
- delinquent
- demonstrative
- demoralized
- depraved
- despotic
- destructive
- determined
- diabolical
- diametric
- dictatorial
- die-hard
- disaffected
- discordant
- discourteous
- disdainful
- disloyal
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- disputatious
- dissentient
- dissentious
- dissident
- divisive
- dogged
- double-crossing
- drunken
- entire
- errant
- erratic
- estranged
- evil
- exasperating
- excessive
- excited
- extremist
- factious
- faithless
- fanatical
- far-out
- faulty
- ferocious
- fickle
- fiendish
- fierce
- fiery
- fighting
- firm
- fixed
- flagitious
- flighty
- flip
- foaming
- forward
- foul
- fractious
- freethinking
- fresh
- froward
- grim
- gutsy
- hardheaded
- haughty
- headstrong
- heedless
- heinous
- heterodox
- hostile
- iconoclastic
- immoderate
- immoral
- imperative
- impertinent
- impervious
- impetuous
- impious
- impish
- implacable
- impolite
- imprudent
- impudent
- impulsive
- impure
- incompliant
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- indecent
- indecorous
- indomitable
- inexorable
- infamous
- inflexible
- infringing
- inimical
- iniquitous
- insolent
- insubmissive
- insubordinate
- insulting
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intemperate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- irreconcilable
- lacking self-control
- lawless
- leftist
- lewd
- libidinous
- licentious
- litigious
- magisterial
- malcontent
- mean
- militant
- mischievous
- miscreant
- monstrous
- mule
- mulish
- mutinous
- naughty
- nefarious
- negative
- nervy
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- nonobservant
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- off-base
- offensive
- opinionated
- opposed
- opposing
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- out-of-line
- overbearing
- paradoxical
- partisan
- passionate
- peremptory
- perfidious
- persevering
- persistent
- pert
- pertinacious
- perturbed
- perverse
- pig-headed
- pigheaded
- piratical
- playful
- procacious
- profligate
- progressive
- provocative
- put down
- putrid
- quarrelsome
- rabid
- radical
- rambunctious
- rampant
- rascally
- rash
- raucous
- raunchy
- rebel
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- recreant
- recusant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- resistant
- resisting
- resistive
- restive
- reverse
- revolting
- revolutionary
- rigid
- rioting
- riotous
- rival
- rotten
- rough
- roughhouse
- rowdy
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- savage
- sectarian
- seditious
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- severe
- shaking
- sinful
- single-minded
- smart
- smart-alecky
- steadfast
- stern
- stiff-necked
- storming
- stubborn
- subversive
- sweeping
- teasing
- tempestuous
- tenacious
- termagant
- terrorizing
- thorough
- tough
- traitorous
- treacherous
- treasonable
- troublemaking
- truculent
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turbulent
- two-faced
- two-timing
- tyrannous
- ultra
- ultraist
- unbendable
- unbending
- unbridled
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncompliant
- uncomplying
- uncompromising
- uncontrollable
- uncontrolled
- uncultivated
- undependable
- undisciplinable
- undisciplined
- undutiful
- unfaithful
- ungovernable
- ungoverned
- ungracious
- unmanageable
- unorthodox
- unpatriotic
- unpeaceful
- unpredictable
- unprincipled
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unrestrained
- unruly
- unshakable
- unstable
- untamed
- untoward
- untrained
- untrue
- unwilling
- unyielding
- uproarious
- variable
- vehement
- vile
- villainous
- violent
- vociferous
- wanton
- warlike
- warring
- way out
- wayward
- whimsical
- wicked
- wild
- willful
- withstanding
- wormlike
- worthless
- wrong
- wrongheaded
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019