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obedient
Overview of adj obedient
The adj obedient has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) obedient -- (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke)
Grep of noun obedient
obedient plant
Antonyms of adj obedient
1 sense of obedient
Sense 1
obedient (vs. disobedient)
disobedient (vs. obedient)
=> contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward
=> fractious, refractory, recalcitrant
=> froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful
=> recusant
Similarity of adj obedient
1 sense of obedient
Sense 1
obedient (vs. disobedient)
=> acquiescent, biddable
=> conformable
=> dutiful, duteous
=> Y2K compliant
Also See> compliant#1; docile#1; good#1; manageable#1; submissive#1; tractable#1, manipulable#1
Pertainyms of adj obedient
Attributes of adj obedient
1 sense of obedient
Sense 1
obedient (vs. disobedient)
=> obedience
Domain of adj obedient
Domain Terms of adj obedient
Familiarity of adj obedient
obedient used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj obedient
disobedient
obedient
Grep of adv obedient
obediently
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