'obedient' definitions:
Definition of 'obedient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Synonyms of 'obedient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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