Thesaurus
obedient
Synonyms and Antonyms of obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable
fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient
decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly
constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained
controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, tractable, trainable
dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding
uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild
balky, defiant, perverse, resistant
bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty
disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude
Synonym Discussion of obedient
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- obedient to the government
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- a docile child
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- tractable animals
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- amenable to new ideas
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