Synonyms for obedient
oʊˈbi di əntobe·di·ent

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1. obedientadjective

   Antonyms:
   dominant, disobedient

2. obedientadjective

   Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

   Antonyms:
   dominant, disobedient

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1. obedient

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

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1. obedientadjective

   dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

   "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

   Antonyms:
   recusant, disobedient, perverse, headstrong, wayward, fractious, contrary, recalcitrant, obstinate, self-willed, willful, refractory, froward, wilful

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1. obedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful

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1. obedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   submissive, tractable, deferential, subservient, compliant, dutiful, docile, amenable

   Antonyms:
   unsubmissive, intractable, disobedient

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1. List of paraphrases for "obedient":

   dutiful, docile

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How to use obedient in a sentence?

1. Petro Poroshenko:

   Now, it is finally clear that we struggled on Maidan not against Yanukovych. He was just a cruel and obedient marionette, moscow was preparing to the liquidation and tearing Ukraine apart long before the victory of Maidan. They were expecting the fall of Yanukovych and accelerated the course of events.

2. Governor Huckabee:

   That does mean civil disobedience, it means we are obedient to a power that is not only higher than the current government, but a power that was the basis of our government.

3. Kim Davis:

   I am not perfect. No one is, but I am forgiven and I love my Lord and must be obedient to him and to the word of God.

4. Chaplain Modder:

   Every fiber in my being wants to run away from this – but if I do I’m not being obedient to the Lord, i need to stand up for righteousness and this is something I cannot walk away from.

5. Real Live Preacher:

   Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path.