adjective
submissive to the will, guidance, or control of another
children should always be obedient to their parents
Synonyms: amenable, biddable, docile, ||docious, tractable
Related Word: acquiescent, compliant, sheeplike, submissive, yielding; duteous, dutiful, loyal; law-abiding; obeisant, subservient
Contrasted words: insubordinate, rebellious; contrary, froward, perverse, wayward, willful; headstrong, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly
Antonyms: contumacious, disobedient