DUTEOUS Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

duteous

adjective

Definition of duteous

as in dutiful

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Recent Examples of duteous Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care. — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years. — John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017

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Adjective

Sources said Gunning plays Annie, a quietly dutiful wife who has sacrificed her ambitions to raise four sons under her domineering husband, Duncan.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
When Kate Middleton married Prince William in 2011, her little sister served as maid of honor, dutiful carrying her epic train and instantly becoming one of the most famous bridesmaids of all time.

— Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of dutiful

Adjective

But the underlying difficulties of the three Ts, where the leaders seem to have fundamentally incompatible agendas, remain the thread beneath the ostensibly polite and occasionally amiable conversations.

— Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Wyler directs this serpentine, amiable comedy with a deft hand, intricately drawing out the fine details that make the whole heist operation tick.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of amiable

Adjective

Mercury in your sign opposes Saturn in your partnership zone, highlighting the distance between being agreeable and being authentic.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
In a matter of days, Ed Sheeran has gone from the most agreeable, defiantly middle-of-the-road singer-songwriter on the pop charts to music’s newest villain.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of agreeable

Adjective

Reflecting on her obedient past as a child actor, Panettiere told THR that that pressure ultimately took a toll on her.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
The native, late summer-blooming obedient plant is a showy addition to your garden.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of obedient

Adjective

Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.

— Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of acquiescent

Adjective

Those coming back from Tommy John surgery must be monitored more closely than traditional starters, and the Astros are obliging.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The movie trots along like an obliging corgi pup; TV director Gregor and DP Zac Nicholson give it a gilded mark of quality.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of obliging

Adjective

Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The attorney for HeeHaw's owner says the donkey was raised as a pet and known to be docile.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of docile

Adjective

The implication is that stage types and progressive politicians are craven, submissive, and insincere.

— Erik Forrest Jackson, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
Today, other drugs are more often deployed, chiefly benzodiazepines or the benzodiazepine Clonazepam, which also render a person zombie-like and more reliably submissive.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

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