OBEDIENT DEFINITIONS - 15 definitions found
obedient adj 1: 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 [ant: disobedient] obedient - kovibo obedient - lajof obedient - vofod obedient 12c., from O.Fr. obedient, from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire (see obey). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) obedient adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oboedient-, oboediens, from present participle of oboedire to obey Date: 13th century submissive to the restraint or command of authority ; willing to obey • obediently adverb Synonyms: obedient, docile, tractable, amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority <obedient to the government>. docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance <a docile child>. tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing <tractable animals>. amenable suggests a willingness to yield or to cooperate either because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness <amenable to new ideas>. Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary obedient A person or animal who is obedient does what they are told to do. He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents... ADJ • obedience ...unquestioning obedience to the law... N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n • obediently He was looking obediently at Keith, waiting for orders. ADV: ADV with v English Explanatory Dictionary obedient əˈbi:djənt adj. 1 obeying or ready to obey. 2 (often foll. by to) submissive to another's will; dutiful (obedient to the law). øøobediently adv. [ME f. OF f. L obediens -entis (as OBEY)] English-Old English dictionary obedient Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope. Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms obedient a. Compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful, yielding compliance, observant, regardful, subservient. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) obedient əˈbi:djənt adj. compliant, dutiful, duteous, observant, respectful, tractable, yielding, conformable, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, acquiescent, submissive, subservient, docile, passive, timid, biddable, pliant: Prunella was always an obedient child. All matter and energy is obedient to the laws of physics. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "obedient": abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, agreeable, amenable, assenting, biddable, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, conforming, conscientious, consenting, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, dutiful, ethical, faithful, flexible, humble, law-abiding, loyal, malleable, meek, moral, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obeisant, observant, other-directed, passive, plastic, pliant, reconciled, resigned, respectful, scrupulous, servile, sheeplike, submissive, subservient, supine, timid, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, unresistant, unresisting, willing, yielding |
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