law-abiding
adjective
law-abid·ing ˈlȯ-ə-ˌbī-diŋ 
: abiding by or obedient to the law
law-abiding citizens
law-abidingness noun
Synonyms
- amenable
- biddable
- compliant
- conformable
- docile
- obedient
- submissive
- tractable
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
law-abiding
adjective
law-abid·ing
ˈlȯ-ə-ˌbī-diŋ
: obeying the law
a law-abiding citizen
Legal Definition
law-abiding
adjective
law-abid·ing
ˈlȯ-ə-ˈbī-diŋ
: abiding by or obedient to the law
law-abiding
adjective
as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another the law-abiding citizens of the neighborhood did everything they could to help reduce street crime Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- obedient
- compliant
- docile
- restrained
- meek
- tractable
- submissive
- amiable
- decorous
- gentle
- dutiful
- amenable
- obliging
- repressed
- conformable
- biddable
- controllable
- acquiescent
- orderly
- disciplined
- soft
- agreeable
- subordinate
- servile
- subservient
- tame
- obsequious
- surrendering
- yielding
- governable
- constrained
- manageable
- obeisant
- slavish
- teachable
- duteous
- mannerly
- fawning
- mild
- placable
- kowtowing
- inhibited
- curbed
- trainable
- disciplinable
- handleable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- wayward
- unruly
- disobedient
- defiant
- restive
- noncompliant
- willful
- insubordinate
- obstreperous
- wilful
- contumacious
- rebel
- intractable
- refractory
- contrary
- stubborn
- mutinous
- insurgent
- obstinate
- ungovernable
- unamenable
- headstrong
- hardheaded
- obdurate
- wild
- defiant
- incompliant
- mulish
- untoward
- unyielding
- froward
- peevish
- dogged
- balky
- uncontrollable
- disorderly
- unmanageable
- mischievous
- resistant
- naughty
- bad
- perverse
- dissident
- pigheaded
- undisciplined
- self-willed
- nonconformist
- errant
- impudent
- insolent
- balky
- disrespectful
- rude
- misbehaving
- ill-bred
- impolite
- ill-mannered