Obedient

//əˈbiːdɪənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who obeys.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acquiescentconformableduteousdutifulabjectaccepting

Example

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"The boy is obedient to his parents."

Etymology

From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

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