obedient
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈbiːdɪənt//
- United Kingdom//əʊˈbiːdɪənt//
- United States//əˈbidiənt//
- United States//oʊˈbidiənt//
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
adjective
- 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.
Etymology
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
noun
- 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.
Forms
- plural
- obedients
- comparative
- more obedient
- superlative
- most obedient
oats · A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).Obama · An African surname from Luo.obedience · The quality of being obedient.
obedient · Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
obey · To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act…obituary · A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published…object · A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.