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Adjectives (3)
obedient
adj. 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
yielding
adj. inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"
submissive
adj. submissive to or controlled by authority
Fuzzynyms (17)
willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable
adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"
tame, tamed
adj. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
tractable
adj. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
submissive
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
submissive, conformable
adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare
willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable
adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"
yielding, obliging, complying
adj. (compliant)
Synonyms (6)
compliant
adj. disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"
docile
adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
good
adj. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
manageable
adj. capable of being managed or controlled
submissive
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
tractable
adj. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
Antonyms (12)
disobedient
adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
bad
adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
willful, wilful, froward, headstrong, self-willed
adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
unmanageable
adj. difficult to manage or control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
contrary, unruly, wayward
adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
insubordinate
adj. not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
obedient
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