obedient
UK /əˈbiːdɪənt/ · US /əˈbidiənt/ adjective, noun
Forms obedients
- adjective 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.
Synonyms
hearsome dutiful compliant bowsome buxom morigerous obedible obsequent obsequious tall toward
Antonyms
disobedient dominant argumentative breachy contumacious defiant froward immorigerous inobedient insubmissive insubordinate insurgent
Etymology
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
Etymology [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p.pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “obedient”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details