Dictionary Home » Thesaurus » obedient

Synonyms for obedient

modified

  1. Dutiful

    amenable, loyal, law-abiding, governable, tractable, resigned, devoted, respectful, complaisant, controllable, attentive, obliging, willing, deferential, under the control of, at one's command, obeisant, faithful, honoring, reverential, venerating, at one's beck and call*, on a string*, wrapped around one's finger*; see also faithful.

    Antonyms unruly*, disobedient, undutiful.

  2. Docile

    pliant, acquiescent, compliant; see docile. See syn. study at docile.

See obedient in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective

Willing to carry out the wishes of others:

amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, submissive, supple, tractable. See resist

Learn more about obedient

link/cite print suggestion box