About The Word Obedient

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Obedient to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Obedient definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Obedient

Obedient Meaning & Definition
Obedient Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obedient?

[adj] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obedient: acquiescent | biddable | compliant | conformable | duteous | dutiful | Y2K compliant

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | docile | good | manageable | submissive | tractable

Obedient In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Deer hunt ‐ hunting deer
  • Gently ‐ with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"…
  • Carry ‐ the act of carrying something [v] be pregnant with; "She is bearing…
  • Age class ‐ people in the same…
  • White thistle ‐ spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of…
  • Electrocute ‐ kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial…
  • Threadleaf groundsel ‐ bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool…
  • Bargeman ‐ someone who…
  • Dabbler ‐ any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and…
  • Thrasher ‐ large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to…