Definitions

obedient

[oh-bee-dee-uhnt] / oʊˈbi di ənt /

ADJECTIVE

well-behaved; submissive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attentive compliant deferential devoted docile dutiful faithful law-abiding loyal respectful subservient

WEAK

acquiescent amenable at one's beck and call biddable complaisant controllable docious duteous governable honoring in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power obeisant obliging observant on a string pliant regardful resigned reverential sheeplike tame tractable under control venerating well-trained willing wrapped around finger yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disloyal disobedient inconsiderate inconstant neglectful unfaithful

WEAK

contrary insolent misbehaving mutinous obstinate rebellious

Example Sentences

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Some signs read “We Are Obedient To The Leader,” referring to 83-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say over all matters of state in the country.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Ms. Clyne has said she was part of the secret women’s group inside Nxivm called DOS, an acronym for a Latin phrase meaning “Lord/Master of the Obedient Female Companions.”

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

Cusack tweeted that he eventually stood up “just not on que - like an Obedient pet.”

From Fox News • May 23, 2019

Akhil Sharma is the author of the 2015 Folio prize-winning novel Family Life as well as An Obedient Father, for which he won the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN award.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2016

Obedient, Sandor Clegane swung down from his saddle, but there was no way through that wall of fleSh, let alone to the roof.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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