Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   resist, disobey, refuse

   Synonyms:
   submit, comply, yield

Matched Categories

1. • Conform

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:5.0 / 1 vote

1. obeyverb

   be obedient to

   Antonyms:
   disobey

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. obeyverb

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

How to use obey in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas:

   We are not overrun with college students, we are overrun with thugs, and that is the problem. It is impossible to pass laws that people who do not follow the laws will obey.

3. unknown:

   The heart never takes the place of the head: But it can, and should, obey it.

4. Tom Hanks:

   It’s never too late to change things … and that’s the responsibility of anybody who wants to obey a code of professional ethics.

5. Kozo Hasegawa:

   Luckily or unluckily, I was born a rebel, i don't like that in Japanese culture, they expect you to obey... we have a brain to think( for ourselves).

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