obedient
English
Etymology
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbiːdɪənt/, /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbidiənt/, /oʊˈbidiənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: obe‧di‧ent
Adjective
obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
Synonyms
- hearsome
- dutiful
Antonyms
- disobedient
- dominant
Related terms
- obedience
- obey
Translations
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Noun
obedient (plural obedients)
- One who obeys.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)
- 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.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)
Further reading
- obedient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- obedient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.bə.diˈent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.bə.diˈen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.be.diˈent/
Adjective
obedient (masculine and feminine plural obedients)
- obedient
- Antonym: desobedient
Derived terms
- obedientment
Related terms
- obediència
- obeir
Further reading
- “obedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
obēdient
- third-person plural future active indicative of obēdiō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- obediand, obediant, obedyent, obidient
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective
obedient
- obedient
References
- “obēdient, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2022-05-26.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective
obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)
- obedient
Declension
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | obedienz, obedients | obediente | obedient |
Oblique | obedient | |||
Plural | Subject | obedient | obedientes | |
Oblique | obedienz, obedients |
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin obediens or Italian obbediente.
Adjective
obedient m or n (feminine singular obedientă, masculine plural obedienți, feminine and neuter plural obediente)
- obedient
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | obedient | obedientă | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientul | obedienta | obedienții | obedientele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | obedient | obediente | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientului | obedientei | obedienților | obedientelor |