obedient
/əˈbiːdɪənt
/adjective
Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority: she was totally obedient to him...
- They are expected to be obedient and comply with requests from adults immediately.
- We have been taught to be obedient to authorities and not to think for ourselves much.
- With Mimi he was expected to be neatly groomed, dutiful and obedient.
Synonyms
compliant, acquiescent, tractable, amenable;
dutiful, good, law-abiding, deferential, respectful, duteous, under control, well trained, well disciplined, disciplined, observant, manageable, governable, conformable;
docile, biddable, submissive, tame, meek, passive, unresisting, malleable, pliable, pliant, yielding, subservient, obsequious, servile
Phrases
your obedient servant
Origin
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- 'obeying', from the verb oboedire (see obey).
Rhymes
- on the improve
- on the increase
- on the inside
- on the instant
- on the job
- on the knocker
- on the latch
- on the level
- on the line
- on the loose
- on the make
- on the march
- on the mark
- on the market
- on the mat
- on the mend
- on the minus side
- on the money
- on the move
- on the nail
- on the nod
- on the nose
- on the (off) chance
- on the one (or the other) hand
- on the order of