Definitions

well-trained

ADJECTIVE

obedient

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 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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Well-trained sailors should have been able to contain the flooding caused by the missile strikes, put out the fire and save the ship, he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Well-trained school resource officers, they say, become counselors and mentors.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Well-trained dogs help find the missing and dead in disasters, accidents, murders and suicides.

From New York Times • May 19, 2020

Well-trained taste buds, given a slosh, will detect traces of juniper, lavender, bergamot, rose, and cardamom, plus zest of grapefruit, orange, and lime.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

Well-trained oarsmen, in Ulbrickson’s experience, were like high-strung racehorses.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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