obedient
Syllables: obe·di·entUK/əˈbiːdɪənt//əˈbidiənt/
obedient adjective: willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
Adjective
obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
- Synonyms:
- hearsome, dutiful, compliant, bowsome, buxom, morigerous, obedible, obsequent, obsequious, tall
Noun
obedient (plural obedients)
- One who obeys.
- Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior, page 48
obedient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
obedient in Hindi
- willing to comply with commands
- आज्ञाकारी ājñākārī
obedient in Tamil
- கீழ்ப்படிந்த, பணிவான
obedient in Marathi
- आज्ञाकारी
obedient in Urdu
- obedient, servant
- فرمان farmān
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- obedient in Bengali
- জো হুকুম jō hukum, অনুগত onugoto
- obedient in Telugu
- విధేయము vidhēyamu
- obedient in Malayalam
- അനുസരണമുള്ള
- obedient in Kannada
- ವಿಧೇಯ, ಆಜ್ಞಾಧಾರಕ, ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಪಾಲಿಸುವ, ನಿಷ್ಠನಾದ
- obedient in Punjabi
- ਫ਼ਰਮਾਬਰਦਾਰ farmābardār
- obedient in Gujarati
- આજ્ઞાકારી, આજ્ઞાપાલન કરનાર
- obedient in Nepali
- आज्ञाकारी
- obedient in Arabic
- مُطِيع muṭīʕ, مُذْعِن muḏʕin
- obedient in Indonesian
- patuh, penurut, taat, dengar-dengaran
- obedient in Thai
- เชื่อฟัง chʉ̂ʉa-fang, ว่านอนสอนง่าย
- obedient in Vietnamese
- vâng lời, tuân lời
Examples of obedient in a sentence
- Trans girls need Masters to love them and protect them and keep them as mindless obedient pets.
- In its pure form, this ideal embraced the virtues of a productive, humble, and obedient adulthood.
- And that unleavenedness comes through the Spirit of God, as obedient children, see.
Synonyms of obedient
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Antonyms
- disobedient
- dominant
- argumentative
- breachy
- contumacious
- defiant
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- nonobedient
- obstreperous
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Forms of obedient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more obedient |
| superlative | most obedient |
| Noun | |
| plural | obedients |
Origin of obedient
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Words formed from obedient
Phrases with obedient
Questions about obedient
- What does obedient mean?
- Obedient means willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
- What is obedient in Hindi?
- Obedient in Hindi is आज्ञाकारी (ājñākārī). See Obedient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is obedient?
- Obedient can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce obedient?
- Obedient is pronounced /əˈbiːdɪənt/ (UK).
Words near obedient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obedient (page history and authors); obedient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obedient (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); فرمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); অনুগত (Bengali) (page history and authors); obedient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obedient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਫ਼ਰਮਾਬਰਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); obedient (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obedient (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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