Synonyms for obey
oʊˈbeɪobey

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1. obeyverb

   Antonyms:
   disobey, defy

2. obeyverb

   Antonyms:
   disobey, defy

3. obeyverb

   Antonyms:
   disobey, defy

4. obeyverb

   Antonyms:
   disobey, defy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 6 votes

1. obey

   Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

   Synonyms:
   accompany, attend, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 6 votes

1. obey

   Synonyms:
   submit, comply, yield

   Antonyms:
   resist, disobey, refuse

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1. obeyverb

   be obedient to

   Antonyms:
   disobey

Matched Categories

1. • Conform

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1. obeyverb

   Synonyms:
   comply, submit to, heed, regard, be ruled by

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1. List of paraphrases for "obey":

   comply, obedience, follow

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1. Hunter Biden:

   First of all, I'm going to obey any subpoena that was sent to me.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

3. Brian King:

   These actions should be a wakeup call that all tobacco product manufacturers – big or small – are required to obey the law.

4. Robert Weisberg:

   Once a police department feels it has a complicated compliance formula to obey, and once it translates that down to street police, police tend to act more responsibly, they really do, there really has to be a threat.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.