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obedient
adjective as in well-behaved; submissive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acquiescent
- amenable
- at one's beck and call
- biddable
- complaisant
- controllable
- docious
- duteous
- governable
- honoring
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- obeisant
- obliging
- observant
- on a string
- pliant
- regardful
- resigned
- reverential
- sheeplike
- tame
- tractable
- under control
- venerating
- well-trained
- willing
- wrapped around finger
- yielding
Example Sentences
But Trump's affection for men who've been similarly accused directly conflicts with his desire to seem like an all-powerful leader presiding over the adoring, obedient Republican masses.
“Mexicans are considered great workers around the world and that’s very positive, but it is also due to the fact that we are obedient and being obedient is very convenient to the system,” Briones says.
According to the indictment, participants were allegedly coerced with drugs and threats to remain “obedient and compliant”.
The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.
Combs is accused of giving the women ketamine, ecstasy and GHB to “keep them obedient and compliant” during the performances.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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