| a. | 1. | Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. |
| Adj. | 1. | 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 Antonyms: disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" |