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Synonyms for obey
oʊˈbeɪobey

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  2. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  3. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  4. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 6 votes

  1. obey

    Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

    Synonyms:
    accompany, attend, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.2 / 6 votes

  1. obey

    Synonyms:
    submit, comply, yield

    Antonyms:
    resist, disobey, refuse

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

    be obedient to

    Antonyms:
    disobey

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

    Synonyms:
    comply, submit to, heed, regard, be ruled by

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "obey":

    comply, obedience, follow

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#611result
#868submit
#1016copy
#1164follow
#3607attend
#4557yield
#5119comply
#5752chase
#7546pursue
#7561succeed
#7591observe
#12721accompany
#14320obey
#15783obedience
#19286practise
#23715heed
#32164imitate
#48782ensue

How to use obey in a sentence?

  1. Søren Kierkegaard:

    It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

  2. Benjamin Brown:

    They are anti-Zionist because they believe that -- according to their religious belief -- there is a prohibition to obey a government which is secular, and a prohibition against establishing a Jewish state before the coming of the Messiah. Only the Messiah can establish Jewish sovereignty and therefore they are really not just suspicious of, but hostile towards, The Israeli government.

  3. Isaac Asimov, Laws of Robotics from I. Robot, 1950:

    One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

  4. Cicero:

    Reason should direct and appetite obey.

  5. Isaac Asimov:

    One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.


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