Obedient - English meaning

Obedient – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority.
Usage examples:
A docile and obedient dog
Synonims:
Compliant Acquiescent Tractable Amenable Dutiful Good Law-abiding Deferential Respectful Duteous Under control Well trained Well disciplined Disciplined Observant Manageable Governable Confor

adjective
Doing or willing to do what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority
Usage examples:
An obedient child, she demands absolute obedience to the rules.

Obedient translation into English

Obedient: translate from English into Chinese

听话, 帖, 服从的, 姝姝, 服从者

Obedient: translate from English into Dutch

Gehoorzaam, Onderdanig, Willig

Obedient: translate from English into French

Obéissant, Docile, Soumis

Obedient: translate from English into German

Gehorsam, Folgsam, Gefügig, Fügsam, Botmäßig

Obedient: translate from English into Hindi

आज्ञाकारी, आज्ञापालन, आज्ञापालक

Obedient: translate from English into Italian

Obbediente, Ubbidiente, Sottomesso

Obedient: translate from English into Korean

순종하는, 고분고분한

Obedient: translate from English into Russian

Покорный, Послушный, Послушник

Obedient: translate from English into Spanish

Obediente, Dócil, Sumiso

Word origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire (see obey).

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Obedient – similar words

obediency

noun
Obedience.

Obediency - all meanings in English

obedience

noun
Compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.
Usage examples:
Children were taught to show their parents obedience

noun
The fact that people or animals do what they are told to do
Usage examples:
He demands unquestioning obedience from his soldiers.

Obedience - all meanings in English

Obedient synonims

acquiescent

adjective
Ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants.
Usage examples:
His acquiescent mood

adjective
Willing to do what other people want
Usage examples:
She has a very acquiescent nature.

Acquiescent - all meanings in English

amenable

adjective
Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
Usage examples:
Parents who have amenable children

Amenable - all meanings in English

compliant

adjective
Disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.
Usage examples:
A compliant labour force

adjective
Used to describe someone or something that obeys particular rules or laws
Usage examples:
Compliant with sth the company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compli…

Compliant - all meanings in English

deferential

adjective
Showing deference; respectful.
Usage examples:
People were always deferential to him

adjective
Polite and showing respect
Usage examples:
She is always extremely deferential towards anyone in authority.

Deferential - all meanings in English

duteous

adjective
Dutiful.
Usage examples:
A duteous vassal

Duteous - all meanings in English

dutiful

adjective
Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.
Usage examples:
A dutiful daughter

adjective
(of a person) obedient or (of an action) done because it is necessary or expected
Usage examples:
A dutiful child

Dutiful - all meanings in English

good

ɡʊd

adjective
To be desired or approved of.
Usage examples:
It's good that he's back to his old self

noun
That which is morally right; righteousness.
Usage examples:
A mysterious balance of good and evil

adverb
Well.
Usage examples:
My mother could never cook this good

Good - all meanings in English

law-abiding

adjective
Obeying and respecting the law
Usage examples:
A law-abiding citizen

adjective
Obeying and respecting the law
Usage examples:
A law-abiding citizen reported the scam to the police.

Law-abiding - all meanings in English

manageable

adjective
Able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty.
Usage examples:
Her long hair was black, wavy, and manageable

Manageable - all meanings in English

observant

adjective
Quick to notice or perceive things.
Usage examples:
Her observant eye took in every detail

noun
A member of a branch of the franciscan order that followed a strict rule.
Usage examples:
A classic example was the franciscan observant friar bernardino of siena, whose cult of the name of…

adjective
Quick to notice things
Usage examples:
Carrie has a clear, observant eye., observant of cultural traditions

Observant - all meanings in English

respectful

adjective
Feeling or showing deference and respect.
Usage examples:
They sit in respectful silence

adjective
Showing admiration for someone or something
Usage examples:
"we're so pleased to meet you at last," he said in a respectful tone of voice., there was a respect…

Respectful - all meanings in English

tractable

adjective
(of a person) easy to control or influence.
Usage examples:
She has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child

adjective
Easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded
Usage examples:
The problem turned out to be less tractable than i had expected.

Tractable - all meanings in English

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