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Synonyms for obey
oʊˈbeɪobey

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  2. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  3. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

  4. obeyverb

    Antonyms:
    disobey, defy

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 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 Antonyms2.2 / 6 votes

  1. obey

    Synonyms:
    submit, comply, yield

    Antonyms:
    resist, disobey, refuse

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

    be obedient to

    Antonyms:
    disobey

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. obeyverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "obey":

    comply, obedience, follow

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How to use obey in a sentence?

  1. Katherine Hepburn:

    If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.

  2. Søren Kierkegaard:

    It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

  3. Marcel Proust:

    Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge we make promise only; pain we obey.

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    [ Zelensky ] doesnt look like a Ukrainian nationalist, and its hard for me to say if he can manage them, Vladimir Putin said. The question is if he can deliver what he said in public and what he considers necessary to do. I dont know if he did the right thing as president and commander-in-chief to go to the line of contact to try to persuade the people who refuse to obey his orders, Vladimir Putin said, referring to Tuesday when Zelenksy went to the Donbass region to confront protestors who wanted to stop the pullback of troops. Its not such a difficult thing to separate the conflicting sides in two villages, but it has dragged on for years and its now clear why -- because the nationalists dont want to leave and dont want to let the Ukrainian troops out.

  5. Dean Trantalis:

    People will always find random evidence of non-compliance and make it appear that’s the norm, most people are aware of the rules and obey the rules. We have beaches and open-air environments, and open-air environments are not considered to be putting people at risk. I think people should spend more time focusing than trying to play gotcha with other people visiting our community.


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