obeisant (Meaning)
obeisant (a.)
Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
Synonyms & Antonyms of obeisant
Synonyms:
- dutiful
- subordinate
- tractable
- slavish
- subservient
- fawning
- acquiescent
- conformable
- docile
- compliant
- amiable
- obsequious
- servile
- amenable
- obedient
- submissive
- biddable
- kowtowing
Antonyms:
- mulish
- mulish
- stubborn
- mutinous
- uncontrollable
- perverse
- bad
- peevish
- resistant
- defiant
- insurgent
- insurgent
- dogged
- uncontrollable
- wild
- obstinate
- headstrong
- perverse
- bad
- peevish
- unyielding
- headstrong
- hardheaded
- obdurate
- dogged
- unmanageable
- hardheaded
- wild
- unyielding
- stubborn
- obdurate
- mutinous
- obstinate
- unmanageable
- defiant
- resistant
Synonyms:
- placable
- mannerly
- law-abiding
- decorous
- orderly
- surrendering
- obliging
- agreeable
- duteous
- yielding
- restrained
Antonyms:
- contrary
- balky
- wilful
- impudent
- naughty
- insolent
- errant
- willful
- insolent
- wilful
- nonconformist
- wayward
- undisciplined
- naughty
- errant
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- self-willed
- wayward
- pigheaded
- willful
- disorderly
- balky
- impudent
- self-willed
- dissident
- mischievous
- nonconformist
- disrespectful
- contrary
- pigheaded
- undisciplined
- disorderly
- dissident
- mischievous
- disrespectful
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- rude
- rude
Synonyms:
- governable
- disciplined
- gentle
- controllable
- repressed
- teachable
- meek
- trainable
- mild
- curbed
- manageable
- soft
- handleable
- constrained
- tame
- disciplinable
- inhibited
Antonyms:
- impolite
- intractable
- ill-bred
- unamenable
- froward
- incompliant
- insubordinate
- ill-mannered
- unruly
- misbehaving
- untoward
- unruly
- disobedient
- rebel
- ill-mannered
- intractable
- untoward
- disobedient
- obstreperous
- obstreperous
- ungovernable
- noncompliant
- unamenable
- refractory
- misbehaving
- ungovernable
- restive
- impolite
- ill-bred
- noncompliant
- froward
- insubordinate
- restive
- contumacious
- rebel
- incompliant
- refractory
- contumacious
obeisant Sentence Examples
- The obeisant servant bowed deeply in deference to his master.
- The soldiers stood in obeisant lines, their weapons at their sides.
- The child's obeisant behavior earned her praise from her parents.
- The scholar bowed obeisantly in respect for the knowledge of his elders.
- The courtiers were expected to be obeisant to the king at all times.
- The obeisant crowd cheered as the queen made her entrance.
- The obeisant attendees listened attentively to the speaker's wisdom.
- The dog lay down obeisantly at the feet of its owner.
- The criminal was led to the judge in an obeisant manner.
- The students stood obeisantly when the teacher entered the classroom.
FAQs About the word obeisant
Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
dutiful, subordinate, tractable, slavish, subservient, fawning, acquiescent, conformable, docile, compliant
mulish, mulish, stubborn,mutinous, uncontrollable, perverse, bad, peevish, resistant, defiant
The obeisant servant bowed deeply in deference to his master.
The soldiers stood in obeisant lines, their weapons at their sides.
The child's obeisant behavior earned her praise from her parents.
The scholar bowed obeisantly in respect for the knowledge of his elders.
