obedient

The word “obedient” has 4 syllables: o-be-di-ent

It's pronounced as /əˈbiːdiənt/


What is synonym and antonym for obedient?

In the thesaurus, “obedient” has 67 synonyms and 62 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obedient along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obedient

  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • attentive
  • biddable
  • complaisant
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • constrained
  • controllable
  • curbed
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • devoted
  • disciplinable
  • disciplined
  • docile
  • docious
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • faithful
  • fawning
  • gentle
  • governable
  • handleable
  • honoring
  • inhibited
  • kowtowing
  • law-abiding
  • loyal
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • meek
  • mild
  • obeisant
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • observant
  • on a string
  • orderly
  • placable
  • pliant
  • regardful
  • repressed
  • resigned
  • respectful
  • restrained
  • reverential
  • servile
  • sheeplike
  • slavish
  • soft
  • submissive
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • surrendering
  • tame
  • teachable
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • under control
  • venerating
  • well-trained
  • willing
  • wrapped around finger
  • yielding

Antonyms for obedient

  • bad
  • balky
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • disloyal
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • disrespectful
  • dissident
  • dogged
  • errant
  • froward
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • impolite
  • impudent
  • incompliant
  • inconsiderate
  • inconstant
  • insolent
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • naughty
  • neglectful
  • noncompliant
  • nonconformist
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • obstreperous
  • peevish
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • rude
  • self-willed
  • stubborn
  • unamenable
  • uncontrollable
  • undisciplined
  • unfaithful
  • ungovernable
  • unmanageable
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful

Meanings of obedient

  • noun
    1. One who obeys.
  • adjective
    1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

Example Sentences

  • The well-trained dog proved to be remarkably obedient in following commands.
  • In the classroom, the students were praised for being attentive and obedient during the lesson.
  • The disciplined soldier remained obedient to orders, executing each command with precision.
  • A toddler's giggles filled the room as she played with her obedient toy robot.
  • The loyal assistant was consistently obedient to the manager's directives, ensuring smooth operations.

On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obedient, such as: acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bad, balky.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

nagged

  • acquiescent
  • annoyed
  • badgered
  • baited
  • beefed
  • begged
  • bellyached
  • bemoaned
  • bewailed
  • bitched
  • blandished
  • bleated
  • blubbered
  • bothered
  • browbeaten
  • bugged
  • cajoled
  • carped
  • caterwauled
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • chivied
  • chivvied
  • coaxed
  • complained
  • compliant
  • constrained
  • crabbed
  • cried
  • croaked
  • deplored
  • docile
  • dogged
  • dominated
  • egged
  • exhorted
  • fretted
  • fussed
  • goaded
  • griped
  • grizzled
  • grouched
  • groused
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • grumped
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • henpecked
  • hollered
  • hounded
  • importuned
  • incited
  • insisted
  • intimidated
  • inveighed
  • irked
  • keened
  • kicked
  • kicked up a fuss
  • kicked up a stink
  • kvetched
  • lamented
  • led by the nose
  • maundered
  • meek
  • moaned
  • murmured
  • muttered
  • needled
  • nitpicked
  • obedient
  • passive
  • pestered
  • picked at
  • plagued
  • plead
  • pleaded
  • pled
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • prodded
  • prompted
  • protested
  • pushed
  • quibbled
  • repined
  • resigned
  • rid
  • rode
  • screamed
  • sobbed
  • spurred
  • squawked
  • squealed
  • stewed
  • subjected to nagging
  • submissive
  • timid
  • unassertive
  • unresisting
  • urged
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wailed
  • wheedled
  • whimpered
  • whined
  • whinged
  • wife-ridden
  • worried
  • yammered
  • yauped
  • yawped
  • yielding
  • yowled

obeisant

  • acquiescent
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • biddable
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • constrained
  • controllable
  • courtly
  • curbed
  • decorous
  • deferential
  • disciplinable
  • disciplined
  • docile
  • duteous
  • dutiful
  • fawning
  • gentle
  • governable
  • handleable
  • inhibited
  • kowtowing
  • law-abiding
  • manageable
  • mannerly
  • meek
  • mild
  • obedient
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • orderly
  • placable
  • regarding
  • repressed
  • respectful
  • respecting
  • restrained
  • reverent
  • reverential
  • servile
  • slavish
  • soft
  • standing
  • submissive
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • surrendering
  • tame
  • teachable
  • tractable
  • trainable
  • yielding

obeying

fagged

  • all in
  • annoyed
  • ashen
  • asleep
  • attacked
  • banged away
  • beat
  • been around
  • blah
  • bleary
  • blown
  • bone-tired
  • bored
  • bowed low
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • careworn
  • collapsing
  • consumed
  • cool
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • depleted
  • depressed
  • did in
  • did up
  • disarmed
  • disbursed
  • discontented
  • disgusted
  • dissipated
  • distressed
  • dog-tired
  • done
  • done for
  • done in
  • done it all
  • down the drain
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • drove
  • drowned
  • drowsy
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • dulled
  • effete
  • eked out
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • essayed
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • faded
  • faint
  • far-gone
  • fatigued
  • fed up
  • finished
  • flagging
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • grubbed
  • had it
  • haggard
  • harassed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • immobilized
  • impatient
  • incapacitated
  • inconsolable
  • indifferent
  • irked
  • irritated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knocked out
  • knocked over
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • lank
  • lean
  • limp
  • lost
  • moiled
  • narcoleptic
  • obedient
  • on last leg
  • out of gas
  • outwore
  • overcome
  • overexerted
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • pallid
  • paralyzed
  • petered out
  • pinched
  • pitched in
  • played-out
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • punchy
  • put out
  • ready to drop
  • run down
  • sapped
  • sated
  • satiated
  • scrabbled
  • scraggy
  • scratched
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shrunken
  • sick and tired
  • sick of
  • skinny
  • slaved
  • sleepy
  • slogged
  • spare
  • spent
  • stale
  • starved
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • surfeited
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • taxed
  • thin
  • thrown away
  • tired
  • tired-out
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tuckered
  • tuckered out
  • tugged
  • up to here
  • used
  • used-up
  • waded
  • wan
  • washed out
  • washed-out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • wiped-out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worked
  • worn
  • worn-down
  • worn-out
  • wrinkled
  • wrought
  • zonked

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