obedient
Meaning of obedient
- complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority.
a docile and obedient dog
children are taught to be obedient to their parents
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire (see obey).
Information about obedient
- It is an adjective.
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CatalanHyphenation of obedient
obe-di-ent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- obedient is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
obedient synonyms
Meaning disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent:
Meaning ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants:
Meaning (of a person) easy to control or influence:
Meaning open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled:
Meaning conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty:
Meaning obedient to rules or conventions:
Meaning showing deference; respectful:
Meaning feeling or showing deference and respect:
Meaning dutiful:
Meaning showing a controlled form of behaviour or way of working:
Meaning adhering strictly to the rules of a particular religion, especially Judaism:
Meaning able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty:
Meaning (of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable:
Meaning ready to accept control or instruction; submissive:
Meaning meekly ready to accept and follow instructions:
Meaning ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive:
Meaning (of a person) willing to cooperate:
Meaning quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive:
Meaning accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance:
Meaning not showing, producing, or putting up any resistance:
Meaning easily influenced; pliable:
Meaning easily bent; flexible:
Meaning easily bent:
Meaning (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid:
Meaning prepared to obey others unquestioningly:
Meaning obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree:
Meaning having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others:
obedient antonyms
Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control:
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