- obeying or willing to obey
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•be•di•ent /oʊˈbidiənt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- complying with authority;
willing to obey:an obedient child.[be + ~ + to + object]:She is obedient to her parents.
o•be•di•ent
(ō bē′dē ənt),USA pronunciation adj.
o•be′di•ent•ly, adv.
- obeying or willing to obey;
complying with or submissive to authority:an obedient son.
- Latin oboedient- (stem of oboediēns), present participle of oboedīre to obey; see -ent
- Old French
- Middle English 1175–1225
- compliant, docile, tractable, yielding, deferential, respectful.
- recalcitrant.
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obedient /əˈbiːdɪənt/ adj
'obedient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
biddable
- comply
- conformable
- disobedient
- duteous
- good
- machine
- obedience
- obsequious
- servile
- Stepford
- bridlewise
- deferential
- defiant
- docile
- duty
- enforcer
- false dragonhead
- keep
- law-abiding
- mutinous
- nonresistant
- obdt.
- obedient plant
- obey
- observant
- obstreperous
- quasi-obedient
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- restive
- rogue
- voice
- will
- willful
- submissive