other words for obeying
- accept
- adhere to
- carry out
- comply
- embrace
- execute
- heed
- live by
- observe
- surrender
- accede
- accord
- acquiesce
- agree
- answer
- assent
- concur
- discharge
- follow
- fulfill
- keep
- mind
- perform
- respond
- serve
- submit
- abide by
- act upon
- be loyal to
- be ruled by
- bow to
- do as one says
- do what is expected
- do what one is told
- get in line
- give way
- hold fast
- knuckle under
- play second fiddle
- take orders
- toe the line
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
There’s a lot of things in between, and it does a disservice to understanding humans to say we have to obey these very narrow rules.
The statement was so bizarre that Allison obeyed without thinking, briefly pulling her mask below her chin.
Yet the algorithms Nelson devises obey real-world constraints — chief among them the fact that computers cannot store unlimited amounts of data.
Like a man but half awake, obeying an apparition, Mr. Kendal put his hand into his pocket and gave her the key.
Even when most of them had accepted his leadership and were obeying his orders, a handful of desperate men refused to go.
Obeying a sudden impulse, she bent down and kissed the old lady good-bye.
You may well judge that none of us ever entertained the least thoughts of obeying the summons sent us to attend at Liberty Tree.
The footman, obeying a significant glance from the butler, withdrew; the butler himself went softly out of the room.
They fish and hunt, and are a reasonable people, obeying their chief.
This, however, is the third thing which I heard—namely, that commanding is more difficult than obeying.
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opposites of obeying
WORDS RELATED TO OBEYING
- abject
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- amenable
- bowing down
- comformable
- complying
- deferential
- docile
- domesticated
- dutiful
- giving-in
- humble
- ingratiating
- lowly
- malleable
- meek
- menial
- nonresistant
- nonresisting
- obedient
- obeisant
- obeying
- obsequious
- passive
- patient
- pliable
- pliant
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subdued
- tame
- tractable
- uncomplaining
- unresisting
- yes
- yielding