Antonyms of adj insubordinate
2 senses of insubordinate
Sense 1
insubordinate (vs. subordinate) -- (not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys")
subordinate (vs. insubordinate) -- (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom")
=> feudatory -- (owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365")
=> ruled -- (subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass")
=> subject, dependent -- (being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince")
=> subservient -- (compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw)
Sense 2
insubordinate, resistant, resistive -- (disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority)
INDIRECT (VIA defiant) -> compliant -- (disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will")
Similarity of adj insubordinate
2 senses of insubordinate
Sense 1
insubordinate (vs. subordinate) -- (not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys")
=> contumacious -- (wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment")
=> disobedient, unruly -- (unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers")
=> mutinous -- (disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate")
=> rebellious -- (resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew")
Also See-> defiant#1, noncompliant#1
Sense 2
insubordinate, resistant, resistive -- (disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority)
=> defiant (vs. compliant), noncompliant -- (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude")