obedient

Definitions

Complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's authority.

Performing one's duties or tasks in a dutiful and compliant manner.

Examples

The obedient dog sat patiently by its owner's side while waiting for a command.

She was an obedient student who always followed the classroom rules without question.

Synonyms

compliant dutiful submissive docile amenable tractable biddable

Antonyms

rebellious defiant insubordinate disobedient unruly mutinous recalcitrant