obedient (Meaning)
obedient (a)
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
obedient (a.)
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
Synonyms & Antonyms of obedient
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- insubordinate
- stubborn
- obstinate
- willful
- obstreperous
- unyielding
- contumacious
- untoward
- wayward
- ungovernable
- contrary
- defiant
- intractable
- rebellious
- mutinous
- disobedient
- recalcitrant
- restive
- recalcitrant
- willful
- rebel
- noncompliant
- noncompliant
- headstrong
- unruly
- unyielding
- untoward
- defiant
- rebellious
- contrary
- unruly
- wilful
- mutinous
- rebel
- wilful
- wayward
- contumacious
- obstreperous
- insurgent
- balky
- ungovernable
- headstrong
- disobedient
- restive
- stubborn
- refractory
- balky
- insurgent
- insubordinate
- intractable
- refractory
- obstinate
Synonyms:
- controllable
- agreeable
- servile
- subservient
- tame
- obliging
- dutiful
- slavish
- obsequious
- decorous
- disciplined
- subordinate
- orderly
- acquiescent
- soft
- governable
- repressed
- law-abiding
- amiable
Antonyms:
- bad
- unamenable
- unmanageable
- wild
- obdurate
- unmanageable
- froward
- self-willed
- bad
- self-willed
- hardheaded
- uncontrollable
- naughty
- unamenable
- dogged
- defiant
- pigheaded
- dogged
- peevish
- incompliant
- hardheaded
- mischievous
- peevish
- resistant
- wild
- mulish
- undisciplined
- defiant
- uncontrollable
- disorderly
- perverse
- resistant
- errant
- incompliant
- balky
- froward
- errant
- pigheaded
- mischievous
- undisciplined
- obdurate
- disorderly
- perverse
- mulish
- balky
- naughty
obedient Sentence Examples
- The obedient dog sat patiently by her owner's side.
- The child was rewarded for their obedient behavior.
- The soldiers were trained to be obedient to their superiors.
- The obedient employee completed all tasks promptly and efficiently.
- The horse obediently followed its rider's commands.
- The obedient robot complied with all of its instructions without hesitation.
- The obedient servant waited attentively for their master's orders.
- The obedient pet obeyed every word its owner uttered.
- The obedient student listened attentively and took thorough notes.
- The obedient citizens strictly adhered to all laws and regulations.
FAQs About the word obedient
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authoritySubject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, contro
gentle, amenable, compliant, meek, conformable, tractable, biddable,docile, submissive, restrained
insubordinate, stubborn, obstinate, willful, obstreperous, unyielding, contumacious, untoward, wayward, ungovernable
The obedient dog sat patiently by her owner's side.
The child was rewarded for their obedient behavior.
The soldiers were trained to be obedient to their superiors.
The obedient employee completed all tasks promptly and efficiently.
