obedient

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /oʊˈbidiənt/
• (RP) IPA: /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/

Adjective

obedient

1. Willing to comply#Verb|comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

   Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

Synonyms

• hearsome
• dutiful

Antonyms

• disobedient
• dominant

Related terms

• obedience
• obey

Translations

• French: obéissant
• German: gehorsam, folgsam
• Italian: ubbidiente
• Portuguese: obediente
• Russian: послу́шный
• Spanish: obediente

Noun

obedient (plural obedients)

1. One who obeys.
   • ‎John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)

     Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.

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