Synonyms for obeisant
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She imports patterns, and they become the mode; her caterer invents dishes, and they are copied throughout the obeisant world.
WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "act or fact of obeying," from Old French obeissance "obedience, service, feudal duty" (13c.), from obeissant, present participle of obeir "obey," from Latin oboedire (see obey). Sense in English altered late 14c. to "bending or prostration of the body as a gesture of submission or respect" by confusion with abaisance. Related: Obeisant.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR OBEISANT
deferential
adjectiverespectful, consideratemenial
adjectivelowly, low-statusmild
adjectiveeasygoing, pleasant in personality- amiable
- balmy
- bland
- calm
- clement
- compassionate
- complaisant
- deferential
- docile
- dull
- easy
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
- indulgent
- insipid
- jejune
- kind
- lenient
- meek
- mellow
- merciful
- mild-mannered
- moderate
- obeisant
- obliging
- pacific
- patient
- peaceable
- placid
- serene
- smooth
- soft
- spiritless
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- temperate
- tender
- tranquil
- unassuming
- vapid
- warm
most respectful
adjectivecourteous, mannerlyobedient
adjectivewell-behaved; submissive- acquiescent
- amenable
- at one's beck and call
- attentive
- biddable
- complaisant
- compliant
- controllable
- deferential
- devoted
- docile
- docious
- duteous
- dutiful
- faithful
- governable
- honoring
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- law-abiding
- loyal
- obeisant
- obliging
- observant
- on a string
- pliant
- regardful
- resigned
- respectful
- reverential
- sheeplike
- subservient
- tame
- tractable
- under control
- venerating
- well-trained
- willing
- wrapped around finger
- yielding
obsequious
adjectivegroveling, submissive- abject
- beggarly
- brownnosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
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