Adjective: insubordinate ,in-su'bor-du-nut or ,in-su'bord-nut
- Not submissive to authority
"a history of insubordinate behaviour"; "insubordinate boys"
- Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
"The insubordinate employee refused to follow company policy";
- resistant, resistive
See also: contumacious, defiant, disobedient, mutinous, noncompliant, rebellious, unruly
Antonym: subordinate