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.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS 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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