obedient
Does as told
Obedient describes someone who does what they're told—following commands, rules, or the wishes of an authority.
Children are expected to be obedient to parents, soldiers to officers, dogs to owners.
The word implies submission to another's will: an obedient servant, obedient to the law.
It can carry negative connotations of excessive compliance or lack of independent thought.
Motivated by obligation
- respectfulShowing proper regard
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- amenableWilling to comply
accommodating · biddable · manageable · tractable · agreeable · conformable · acquiescent · yielding
Humbly unassertive
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- passiveNot actively participating
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- subduedReduced in intensity
unassertive · servile · tame · resigned · humble · unresisting · unquestioning · cowed
Consistently loyal and true
- devotedLoyally and lovingly attached
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- trueAccurate or loyal
- allegiantLoyal to authority
dedicated · unswerving · constant · staunch · reliable · trustworthy · dependable · committed
Conducting oneself properly
- orderlyArranged with care
- regimentedStrictly controlled and organized
- controlledKept within limits
- restrainedHeld under control
structured · conscientious · punctilious · scrupulous · methodical · systematic · precise · strict
Taught proper elimination habits
- responsiveQuick to react
- disciplinedHaving strict self-control
- conditionedTaught automatic responses
- socializedInteracted with others
handler · commands · heel · sit · stay · fetch · trainable · biddable
dutiful
Motivated by obligation
- respectfulShowing proper regard
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
amenable · accommodating · biddable · manageable · tractable · agreeable · conformable · acquiescent · yielding · pliable
meek
Humbly unassertive
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- passiveNot actively participating
- docileEasily controlled or taught
subdued · unassertive · servile · tame · resigned · humble · unresisting · unquestioning · cowed · browbeaten
faithful
Consistently loyal and true
allegiant · dedicated · unswerving · constant · staunch · reliable · trustworthy · dependable · committed · dutiful
well-behaved
Conducting oneself properly
- orderlyArranged with care
- regimentedStrictly controlled and organized
- controlledKept within limits
restrained · structured · conscientious · punctilious · scrupulous · methodical · systematic · precise · strict · rigorous
housebroken
Taught proper elimination habits
- responsiveQuick to react
- disciplinedHaving strict self-control
- conditionedTaught automatic responses
socialized · handler · commands · heel · sit · stay · fetch · trainable · biddable
- submissivesubmissive, subservient, servile, docile, meek
- pushoverspushover, doormat, wimp, weakling, milquetoast
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- dog traitsloyal, friendly, loyalty, devoted, playful
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
obedientdisobedient
Refusing to follow orders
defiant · rebellious · insubordinate · noncompliant · mutinous
obedientungovernable
Impossible to control
uncontrollable · unruly · intractable · obstreperous · unmanageable
- blind obedienceCompliance without critical thought
- obedience trainingTeaching animals to comply
- obedience classesCanine behavior instruction
- obedience schoolCanine behavior instruction program
- dog obedienceTrained response to commands
- obedience classPet behavior training program
obedience, disobedient, disobedience, obediently, disobediently