obedient

o-be-di-ent · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's authority.

  2. 2.

    (of an animal) Trained to follow commands.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    your obedient servant — a formal, old-fashioned way to close a letter

Related words

Antonyms: defiant, disobedient, rebellious
See also: compliant, obedience, obey
Synonyms: compliant, docile, dutiful, submissive

Etymology

From Old French obedient, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedire ("to obey"), from ob- ("toward") + audire ("to hear, listen").