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
- ice-creamer
- ice cream headache
- ice-cream maker
- ice-cream pants
- ice-cream parlour
- ice cream sandwich
- ice-cream social
- ice cream soda
- ice-cream suit
- ice cream sundae
- ice-cream supper
- ice cream truck
- ice cream van
- ice creeper
- icecrete
- ice crop
- ice cube
- iced
- ice dagger
- ice dam
- ice-dammed
- ice dance
- ice dancer
- ice dancing
- iced coffee