List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 208

SYNONYMS: insubordinate, rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious.
These adjectives mean in opposition to and usually in defiance of established authority.

Insubordinate implies failure or refusal to recognize or submit to the authority of a superior: To be insubordinate is to invite dismissal from a corporation.
Rebellious implies open defiance of authority or resistance to control: Rebellious students stubbornly demanded that the CIA be prevented from recruiting on campus.
Mutinous pertains to revolt against constituted authority, especially that of a naval or military command: The men became mutinous and insubordinate.
Factious implies the promotion or existence of divisiveness, dissension, or disunity within a group or an organization: The army is embroiled in a battle against a nest of factious groups, including opium warlords.
Seditious applies principally to the treasonous stirring up of resistance or rebellion against a government: Thomas Paine's pamphlet must have seemed seditious to colonial Tories.