Insubordinate vs. Subordinate
Difference Between Insubordinate and Subordinate
Insubordinateadjective
Not submissive to authority
has a history of insubordinate behavior.Subordinateadjective
Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
Insubordinateadjective
Rebellious or defiant to authority.
Subordinateadjective
Subject to the authority or control of another.
Insubordinateadjective
Contumacious.
Subordinatenoun
One that is subordinate.
Insubordinatenoun
A person who defies authority.
Subordinateverb
To put in a lower or inferior rank or class.
Insubordinateadjective
not submissive to authority;
a history of insubordinate behaviorinsubordinate boysSubordinateverb
To make subservient; subdue.
Insubordinateadjective
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Subordinateadjective
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
Subordinateadjective
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
Subordinateadjective
dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.Subordinateadjective
Descending in a regular series.
Subordinatenoun
(countable) One who is subordinate.
Subordinateverb
(transitive) To make subservient.
Subordinateverb
(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
Subordinateverb
To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
Subordinatenoun
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Subordinatenoun
a word that is more specific than a given word
Subordinateverb
rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schoolsSubordinateverb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;
Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our rulerSubordinateadjective
lower in rank or importance
Subordinateadjective
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
a subordinate kingdomSubordinateadjective
of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentenceSubordinateadjective
inferior in rank or status;
the junior facultya lowly corporalpetty officialdoma subordinate functionary
