obedient
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/əˈbiːdɪənt/
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/əˈbiːdɪənt/ · /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ · /əˈbidiənt/ · /oʊˈbidiənt/
Definition of obedient
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
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adj
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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.”
noun
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Words you can make from obedient
132 playable · top: EBONITE (9 pts)
Best play ebonite 9 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
47 words- BEND 7 pts
- BIDE 7 pts
- BIND 7 pts
- BODE 7 pts
- BOND 7 pts
- DEBT 7 pts
- DOBE 7 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BENT 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINT 6 pts
- BITE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- OBIT 6 pts
- DEET 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINO 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DOIT 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
- DOTE 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- EIDE 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NODE 5 pts
- NODI 5 pts
- TEED 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- TOED 5 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
3-letter words
43 words- BED 6 pts
- BID 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DIB 6 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIT 5 pts
- BOT 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOT 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- TOD 4 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
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