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Synonyms for obédient
oʊˈbi di əntobé·di·ent
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Wiktionary
obedientadjective
Antonyms:
dominant, disobedientobedientadjective
Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
Antonyms:
dominant, disobedient
English Synonyms and Antonyms
obedient
One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.
Synonyms:
amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yieldingAntonyms:
determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful
Princeton's WordNet
obedientadjective
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
"an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
Antonyms:
recusant, disobedient, perverse, headstrong, wayward, fractious, contrary, recalcitrant, obstinate, self-willed, willful, refractory, froward, wilful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
obedientadjective
Synonyms:
compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obedientadjective
Synonyms:
submissive, tractable, deferential, subservient, compliant, dutiful, docile, amenableAntonyms:
unsubmissive, intractable, disobedient
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#22418 | manageable | |
#22879 | tame | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#35374 | obedient | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#57879 | pliable | |
#62800 | tractable | |
#66707 | docile | |
#76427 | dutiful | |
#88025 | teachable | |
#89266 | pliant |
How to use obédient in a sentence?
I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.
Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
She was religious, but a very normal person as well. She was a very hardworking and submissive student. She never created any problem in the class. She was an obedient girl. I cannot even imagine how she could murder people.
Education is an ideological tool, it is (now) being used to raise an obedient generation that will serve the government.
It means we are obedient to a power that is not only higher than the current government, but a power that was the basis of our government.
Translations for obédient
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- مطيع, مذعنArabic
- obedientCatalan, Valencian
- poslušnýCzech
- gehorsamGerman
- υπάκουοςGreek
- obedienteSpanish
- kuuliainen, tottelevainenFinnish
- obéissantFrench
- makWestern Frisian
- szófogadó, engedelmesHungarian
- խելոք, հնազանդ, հլուArmenian
- patihIndonesian
- hlýðinnIcelandic
- ubbidiente, obbedienteItalian
- צייתניHebrew
- 従順, 大人しい, 忠実Japanese
- 순종적Korean
- rātns, paklausīgsLatvian
- ngāwariMāori
- gehoorzaamDutch
- posłusznyPolish
- obedientePortuguese
- docil, obedient, supus, ascultătorRomanian
- послушный, покорныйRussian
- poslušan, послушанSerbo-Croatian
- lydigSwedish
- слухня́ний, покі́рнийUkrainian
- 听话Chinese
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