You are supposed to obey the law.
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Obey
//əʊˈbeɪ//
Synonyms for "obey" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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7 entriesAntonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 66 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πείθομαι verb (to do as one is told)
- ὑπακούω verb (to do as ordered by)
Ao
1 entries- anga (Chungli) verb (to do as ordered by)
Arabic
2 entries- أَطَاعَ verb (to do as ordered by)
- طاوع verb (to do as ordered by)
Armenian
1 entries- հնազանդվել verb (to do as ordered by)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- itaət etmək verb (to do as ordered by)
Belarusian
4 entries- падпара́дкавацца verb (to do as ordered by)
- падпарадко́ўвацца verb (to do as ordered by)
- пакара́цца verb (to do as ordered by)
- пакары́цца verb (to do as ordered by)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подчиня́вам се verb (to do as ordered by)
- покоря́вам се verb (to do as ordered by)
- покоря́вам се verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- слу́шам verb (to do as one is told)
Burmese
2 entries- နားထောင် verb (to do as ordered by)
- ပန်ရွက် verb (to do as ordered by)
Catalan
1 entries- obeir verb (to do as ordered by)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 服從 /服从 verb (to do as ordered by)
- 遵守 verb (to do as ordered by)
Czech
4 entries- být v souladu verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- podřídit se verb (to do as one is told)
- poslouchat verb (to do as ordered by)
- řídit se verb (to do as one is told)
Danish
3 entries- adlyde verb (to do as ordered by)
- lyde verb (to do as ordered by)
- lystre verb (to do as ordered by)
Dutch
1 entries- gehoorzamen verb (to do as ordered by)
Esperanto
1 entries- obei verb (to do as ordered by)
Finnish
3 entries- noudattaa verb (to do as ordered by)
- totella verb (to do as ordered by)
- totella verb (to do as one is told)
French
2 entries- obtempérer verb (to do as ordered by)
- obéir verb (to do as ordered by)
Friulian
1 entries- ubidî verb (to do as ordered by)
Galician
1 entries- obedecer verb (to do as ordered by)
Georgian
2 entries- გაგონება verb (to do as ordered by)
- დამორჩილება verb (to do as ordered by)
German
3 entries- befolgen verb (to do as one is told)
- folge verb (to do as one is told)
- gehorchen verb (to do as ordered by)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐍆𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to do as ordered by)
Greek
1 entries- υπακούω verb (to do as ordered by)
Hindi
4 entries- आज्ञा मानना verb (to do as ordered by)
- आज्ञाकारी verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- आज्ञापालन verb (to do as ordered by)
- आज्ञापालन verb (to do as one is told)
Hungarian
4 entries- betart verb (to do as ordered by)
- engedelmeskedik verb (to do as ordered by)
- engedelmeskedik verb (to do as one is told)
- követ verb (to do as ordered by)
Ingrian
2 entries- hoolia verb (to do as ordered by)
- kuulla verb (to do as ordered by)
Irish
1 entries- géill do verb (to do as ordered by)
Italian
4 entries- assolvere verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- conformarsi verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- obbedire verb (to do as ordered by)
- obbedire verb (to be obedient, compliant)
Japanese
3 entries- 従う verb (to do as ordered by)
- 服従する verb (to do as ordered by)
- 言いなりになる verb (to do as one is told)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- obi verb (to do as ordered by)
- obi verb (to do as one is told)
- obi verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- uví verb (to do as ordered by)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pamintuan verb (to do as ordered by)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្ដាប់ verb (to do as ordered by)
- ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់ verb (to do as ordered by)
Korean
1 entries- 복종하다 verb (to do as ordered by)
Ladin
4 entries- fé al sënn verb (to do as ordered by)
- fé al sënn verb (to do as one is told)
- ulghé verb (to do as ordered by)
- ulghé verb (to do as one is told)
Lao
1 entries- ເຊື່ອຟັງ verb (to do as ordered by)
Latin
4 entries- audio verb (to do as ordered by)
- audio verb (to do as one is told)
- audio verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- obaudio verb (to do as ordered by)
Lingala
1 entries- tósa verb (to do as ordered by)
Malayalam
3 entries- അനുസരിക്കുക verb (to do as ordered by)
- അനുസരിക്കുക verb (to do as one is told)
- അനുസരിക്കുക verb (to be obedient, compliant)
Mongolian
1 entries- захирагдах verb (to do as ordered by)
Māori
4 entries- mau verb (to do as ordered by)
- whakarongo verb (to do as ordered by)
- whakarongo verb (to do as one is told)
- ū verb (to do as ordered by)
Norwegian
2 entries- adlyde verb (to do as one is told)
- være lydhør verb (to do as one is told)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- adlyde verb (to do as ordered by)
- adlyde verb (to do as one is told)
- lyde verb (to do as ordered by)
- lystre verb (to do as ordered by)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- послоушати verb (to do as ordered by)
Old English
2 entries- hīeran verb (to do as ordered by)
- hīeran verb (to do as one is told)
Oromo
1 entries- abboomamuu verb (to do as ordered by)
Persian
1 entries- اطاعت کردن verb (to do as ordered by)
Piedmontese
1 entries- ubidì verb (to do as ordered by)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- jehorchen verb (to do as ordered by)
Polish
4 entries- być posłusznym verb (to do as one is told)
- być posłusznym verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- przestrzegać verb (to do as ordered by)
- słuchać się verb (to do as one is told)
Portuguese
1 entries- obedecer verb (to do as ordered by)
Quechua
1 entries- kasukuy verb (to do as ordered by)
Romanian
1 entries- a se supune verb (to do as ordered by)
Russian
4 entries- повинова́ться verb (to do as ordered by)
- подчини́ться verb (to do as ordered by)
- подчиня́ться verb (to do as ordered by)
- покори́ться verb (to do as ordered by)
Slovak
2 entries- poslúchať verb (to do as ordered by)
- poslúchnuť verb (to do as ordered by)
Spanish
4 entries- acatar verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- atenerse verb (to be obedient, compliant)
- obedecer verb (to do as ordered by)
- obedecer verb (to do as one is told)
Swahili
1 entries- kutii verb (to do as ordered by)
Swedish
2 entries- lyda verb (to do as ordered by)
- lyda verb (to do as one is told)
Tajik
1 entries- итоат кардан verb (to do as ordered by)
Thai
1 entries- เชื่อฟัง verb (to do as ordered by)
Turkish
2 entries- itaat etmek verb (to do as one is told)
- saymak verb (to do as ordered by)
Tày
1 entries- cạ ti̱nh verb (to do as one is told)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кори́тися verb (to do as ordered by)
- підкори́тися verb (to do as ordered by)
- підкоря́тися verb (to do as ordered by)
- слу́хатися verb (to do as one is told)
Urdu
1 entries- اطاعت کرنا verb (to do as ordered by)
Uzbek
1 entries- itoat etmoq verb (to do as ordered by)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phục tùng verb (to do as ordered by)
- tuân theo verb (to do as ordered by)
- vâng lời verb (to do as one is told)
Welsh
1 entries- ufuddhau verb (to do as ordered by)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿאָלגן verb (to do as ordered by)
- פֿאָלגן verb (to do as one is told)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You must learn to obey instructions.
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All you have to do is to obey my orders.
Source: tatoeba (16517)
We should obey our parents.
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