How do you pronounce obedient?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbidiənt/.

Where does obedient come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

obedient

/əˈbidiənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: obe-di-ent
IPA: /əˈbidiənt/

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Meaning

adj

Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.

noun

One who obeys.

Example Sentences

"Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot."
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: obedient, oboediēns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈbidiənt/
British English: /əˈbiːdɪənt/

Inflected Forms

more obedient (comparative) most obedient (superlative) obedients (plural)

Derived Forms

nonobedient obediently obedientness overobedient superobedient unobedient

Phrases

obedient plant at one's beck and call wrap around one's little finger

Frequently Paired Words

obedience obey at one's beck and call wrap around one's little finger obdt obedt domable domesticable

Synonyms

hearsome dutiful compliant bowsome buxom morigerous obedible obedient obsequent obsequious tall toward

Antonyms

disobedient dominant argumentative breachy contumacious defiant froward immorigerous inobedient insubmissive insubordinate insurgent

Rhymes With

ingredient expedient disobedient