The boy is obedient to his parents.
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Obedient
//əˈbiːdɪənt//
Synonyms for "obedient" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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16 entriesAntonyms
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2 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
93 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κτίλος adj (willing to comply with commands)
- ὑπήκοος adj (willing to comply with commands)
Arabic
3 entries- مطيع adj (willing to comply with commands)
- مُذْعِن adj (willing to comply with commands)
- مُطِيع adj (willing to comply with commands)
Armenian
3 entries- խելոք adj (willing to comply with commands)
- հլու adj (willing to comply with commands)
- հնազանդ adj (willing to comply with commands)
Basque
1 entries- esaneko adj (willing to comply with commands)
Belarusian
4 entries- пако́рлівы adj (willing to comply with commands)
- паслу́шны adj (willing to comply with commands)
- паслухмя́ны adj (willing to comply with commands)
- слухмя́ны adj (willing to comply with commands)
Bulgarian
2 entries- поко́рен adj (willing to comply with commands)
- послу́шен adj (willing to comply with commands)
Catalan
1 entries- obedient adj (willing to comply with commands)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 乖 adj (willing to comply with commands)
- 服從的 /服从的 adj (willing to comply with commands)
- 聽話 /听话 adj (willing to comply with commands)
- 順從的 /顺从的 adj (willing to comply with commands)
Czech
1 entries- poslušný adj (willing to comply with commands)
Dutch
1 entries- gehoorzaam adj (willing to comply with commands)
Esperanto
1 entries- obeema adj (willing to comply with commands)
Finnish
2 entries- kuuliainen adj (willing to comply with commands)
- tottelevainen adj (willing to comply with commands)
French
1 entries- obéissant adj (willing to comply with commands)
Galician
2 entries- guiado adj (willing to comply with commands)
- obediente adj (willing to comply with commands)
Georgian
3 entries- გამგონი adj (willing to comply with commands)
- დამჯერი adj (willing to comply with commands)
- მორჩილი adj (willing to comply with commands)
German
4 entries- folgsam adj (willing to comply with commands)
- gehorsam adj (willing to comply with commands)
- gfolgig adj (willing to comply with commands)
- gfölgig adj (willing to comply with commands)
Greek
1 entries- υπάκουος adj (willing to comply with commands)
Hebrew
1 entries- צַיְתָנִי adj (willing to comply with commands)
Hindi
1 entries- आज्ञाकारी adj (willing to comply with commands)
Hungarian
2 entries- engedelmes adj (willing to comply with commands)
- szófogadó adj (willing to comply with commands)
Icelandic
1 entries- hlýðinn adj (willing to comply with commands)
Indonesian
4 entries- dengar-dengaran adj (willing to comply with commands)
- patih adj (willing to comply with commands)
- patuh adj (willing to comply with commands)
- penurut adj (willing to comply with commands)
Italian
1 entries- ubbidiente adj (willing to comply with commands)
Japanese
3 entries- 大人しい adj (willing to comply with commands)
- 従順な adj (willing to comply with commands)
- 忠実な adj (willing to comply with commands)
Kazakh
1 entries- тілалғыш adj (willing to comply with commands)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់ adj (willing to comply with commands)
Korean
1 entries- 순종적 adj (willing to comply with commands)
Latin
2 entries- mōrigerus adj (willing to comply with commands)
- oboediens adj (willing to comply with commands)
Latvian
2 entries- paklausīgs adj (willing to comply with commands)
- rātns adj (willing to comply with commands)
Lithuanian
2 entries- klusnùs adj (willing to comply with commands)
- paklusnùs adj (willing to comply with commands)
Macedonian
1 entries- послушен adj (willing to comply with commands)
Middle English
1 entries- serviable adj (willing to comply with commands)
Māori
1 entries- ngāwari adj (willing to comply with commands)
Norn
1 entries- entig adj (willing to comply with commands)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lydig adj (willing to comply with commands)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lydig adj (willing to comply with commands)
Old English
1 entries- ġehīersum adj (willing to comply with commands)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ontlich adj (willing to comply with commands)
Polish
1 entries- posłuszny adj (willing to comply with commands)
Portuguese
1 entries- obediente adj (willing to comply with commands)
Romanian
4 entries- ascultător adj (willing to comply with commands)
- docil adj (willing to comply with commands)
- obedient adj (willing to comply with commands)
- supus adj (willing to comply with commands)
Russian
2 entries- поко́рный adj (willing to comply with commands)
- послу́шный adj (willing to comply with commands)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- poslušan adj (willing to comply with commands)
- послушан adj (willing to comply with commands)
Slovak
1 entries- poslušný adj (willing to comply with commands)
Slovene
1 entries- poslušen adj (willing to comply with commands)
Spanish
1 entries- obediente adj (willing to comply with commands)
Swedish
1 entries- lydig adj (willing to comply with commands)
Telugu
1 entries- విధేయము adj (willing to comply with commands)
Thai
2 entries- ว่านอนสอนง่าย adj (willing to comply with commands)
- เชื่อฟัง adj (willing to comply with commands)
Tongan
1 entries- talangofua adj (willing to comply with commands)
Turkish
1 entries- itaatkâr adj (willing to comply with commands)
Ukrainian
4 entries- покі́рливий adj (willing to comply with commands)
- покі́рний adj (willing to comply with commands)
- послу́шний adj (willing to comply with commands)
- слухня́ний adj (willing to comply with commands)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tuân lời adj (willing to comply with commands)
- vâng lời adj (willing to comply with commands)
West-Frisian
1 entries- mak adj (willing to comply with commands)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
All things are obedient to money.
Source: tatoeba (51774)
Children aren't naturally obedient any more than they're naturally well mannered.
Source: tatoeba (245967)
The idea that Japanese women are submissive and always obedient to their husbands is a lie.
Source: tatoeba (281784)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
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