obedient

UK /əˈbiːdɪənt/ US /əˈbidiənt/

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, good, kind, most, recommended, submissive

VERB + OBEDIENT

aren't, become, behaved, buried, lie, raise

OBEDIENT + NOUN

boy, husbands, it's, laws, man, money, parents, slaves

PREP.

than

ADV.

always, intensely, naturally

Definitions

adj

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.

noun

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.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

disobedient

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

The boy is obedient to his parents.

Tatoeba · #46279

All things are obedient to money.

Tatoeba · #51774

Children aren't naturally obedient any more than they're naturally well mannered.

Tatoeba · #245967

The idea that Japanese women are submissive and always obedient to their husbands is a lie.

Tatoeba · #281784

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