obeyed

The word “obeyed” has 2 syllables: o-beyed

It's pronounced as /əˈbeɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for obeyed?

In the thesaurus, “obeyed” has 22 synonyms and 42 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obeyed

Antonyms for obeyed

  • abandoned
  • breached
  • broke
  • broken
  • bucked
  • challenged
  • combated
  • combatted
  • contested
  • dared
  • defied
  • derided
  • directed
  • dishonored
  • dismissed
  • disobeyed
  • disobliged
  • disputed
  • disregarded
  • flouted
  • forgotten
  • fought
  • ignored
  • infringed
  • led
  • mocked
  • opposed
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
  • pooh-poohed
  • poohed
  • refused
  • renounced
  • repudiated
  • resisted
  • scorned
  • shrugged off
  • transgressed
  • tuned out
  • violated
  • withstood

Meanings of obeyed

  • verb
    1. To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
    2. To do as one is told.
    3. To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

Example Sentences

  • The devoted followers faithfully obeyed their leader's instructions.
  • The children promptly obeyed their parents' request to tidy their rooms.
  • The laws were universally known but rarely obeyed by the rebellious population.
  • Throughout history, some orders were blindly obeyed without question.
  • In moments of crisis, emergency protocols were swiftly obeyed for everyone's safety.

On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obeyed, such as: abandoned, abided by, attended, breached, broke, broken, bucked.

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

Related Words

abided by

kept

  • abided by
  • accomplished
  • achieved
  • administered
  • administrated
  • answered
  • arrested
  • at hand
  • averted
  • battled
  • blessed
  • blest
  • blocked
  • boasted
  • bore
  • bridled
  • brought about
  • brought off
  • buffered
  • bulwarked
  • carried on
  • carried out
  • celebrated
  • cellared
  • checked
  • cherished
  • clutched
  • co-directed
  • co-managed
  • codirected
  • comanaged
  • commanded
  • commemorated
  • committed
  • compassed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • conducted
  • consecrated
  • conserved
  • constrained
  • consummated
  • contained
  • contended
  • continued
  • controlled
  • covered
  • curbed
  • defended
  • detained
  • directed
  • discharged
  • effected
  • enjoyed
  • executed
  • fenced
  • fended
  • feted
  • filed
  • filled
  • finalized
  • financed
  • finished
  • followed
  • forfended
  • fought
  • fulfilled
  • funded
  • gagged
  • garaged
  • governed
  • guarded
  • guided
  • had
  • hampered
  • handcuffed
  • handled
  • hangared
  • harbored
  • held
  • held back
  • held on to
  • hindered
  • honored
  • housed
  • hugged
  • hung on to
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • interrupted
  • lauded
  • led
  • made
  • made good
  • made good on
  • maintained
  • managed
  • measured
  • memorialized
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • minced
  • minded
  • muffled
  • muzzled
  • obeyed
  • observed
  • obstructed
  • on file
  • operated
  • opposed
  • overlooked
  • oversaw
  • owned
  • packed
  • palisaded
  • patronized
  • perfected
  • performed
  • picketed
  • piloted
  • pocketed
  • possessed
  • praised
  • preserved
  • prevented
  • protected
  • pulled in
  • put up
  • ran
  • redeemed
  • regarded
  • regulated
  • remembered
  • reposited
  • repressed
  • reserved
  • resisted
  • restrained
  • retained
  • ruled
  • run
  • safeguarded
  • sanctified
  • sank
  • satisfied
  • saved
  • screened
  • secured
  • set up
  • shelved
  • shielded
  • silenced
  • smothered
  • solemnized
  • sponsored
  • squelched
  • stage-managed
  • staked
  • steered
  • stewarded
  • stifled
  • stood up for
  • stopped
  • stored
  • stowed
  • strangled
  • sunk
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • supported
  • suppressed
  • swallowed
  • tamed
  • tended
  • took care of
  • treasured
  • unbroken
  • underwrote
  • walled
  • warded
  • warehoused
  • warred
  • watched
  • watched over
  • withheld
  • withstood

kept to

  • abided by
  • accepted
  • adopted
  • advocated
  • attended
  • backed
  • backstopped
  • bolstered
  • boosted
  • buttressed
  • championed
  • cherished
  • confirmed
  • cultivated
  • defended
  • embraced
  • endorsed
  • enforced
  • espoused
  • fell in with
  • followed
  • fostered
  • heard
  • heeded
  • held to
  • indorsed
  • lived up to
  • marked
  • minded
  • noted
  • noticed
  • obeyed
  • observed
  • reenforced
  • regarded
  • reinforced
  • stood by
  • supported
  • took
  • upheld
  • watched

observed

  • abided by
  • allowed
  • articulated
  • ascertained
  • attended
  • beheld
  • bird-dogged
  • blessed
  • blest
  • caught
  • celebrated
  • checked
  • commemorated
  • commentated
  • commented
  • conjectured
  • consecrated
  • considered
  • contemplated
  • daresaid
  • descried
  • detected
  • discerned
  • discovered
  • distinguished
  • editorialized
  • espied
  • esteemed
  • examined
  • expressed
  • eyed
  • fell in with
  • feted
  • followed
  • found
  • gaped
  • gawked
  • gazed
  • glanced
  • glared
  • glimpsed
  • goggled
  • got a load of
  • guarded
  • guessed
  • heard
  • heeded
  • honored
  • identified
  • inspected
  • kept
  • kept to
  • laid eyes on
  • lauded
  • looked
  • looked at
  • looked on
  • made out
  • marked
  • memorialized
  • minded
  • monitored
  • mulled
  • noted
  • noticed
  • obeyed
  • opined
  • peeked
  • peeped
  • peered
  • perceived
  • picked out
  • picked up
  • pondered
  • praised
  • preserved
  • realized
  • recalled
  • recognized
  • reflected
  • regarded
  • remarked
  • remembered
  • respected
  • revealed
  • reverenced
  • rubbernecked
  • said
  • sanctified
  • saw
  • scanned
  • scrutinized
  • seen
  • set eyes on
  • sighted
  • solemnized
  • speculated
  • spied
  • spoke
  • spotted
  • stared
  • stated
  • studied
  • supposed
  • surmised
  • surveyed
  • talked
  • told
  • took
  • uttered
  • venerated
  • verbalized
  • viewed
  • vocalized
  • waked
  • warded
  • watched
  • weighed
  • weighed in
  • witnessed
  • woke
  • worshiped

fallen in with

  • abided by
  • accorded
  • affiliated
  • agreed
  • aligned
  • alined
  • allied
  • answered
  • associated
  • attached
  • attended
  • banded
  • been friends with
  • befriended
  • bonded
  • checked
  • chorded
  • chummed
  • clubbed
  • cohered
  • coincided
  • collaborated
  • colluded
  • companied
  • comported
  • confederated
  • conformed
  • conjoined
  • connected
  • consisted
  • consociated
  • consorted
  • cooperated
  • corresponded
  • coupled
  • dovetailed
  • equaled
  • equalled
  • fit
  • fitted
  • followed
  • fraternized
  • friended
  • ganged
  • gone
  • got along
  • got on
  • gotten along
  • gotten on
  • grouped
  • harmonized
  • heard
  • heeded
  • hobnobbed
  • hooked up
  • interrelated
  • jibed
  • joined
  • kept to
  • knotted
  • leagued
  • lined up
  • linked
  • marked
  • matched
  • messed around
  • minded
  • mingled
  • mixed
  • noted
  • noticed
  • obeyed
  • observed
  • paralleled
  • rallied
  • regarded
  • registered
  • related
  • rhymed
  • rimed
  • run
  • sided
  • socialized
  • sorted
  • squared
  • taken
  • taken up with
  • tallied
  • teamed
  • tied
  • traveled
  • travelled
  • watched
  • wed
  • wedded

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