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Obedient

Definition: Obedient

Obedient

Adjective

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "obedient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, adjective. [Old French expression obedient, from Latin expression obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Obedient

Synonyms: compliant, respectful, submissive. (additional references)
Antonym: disobedient (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Obedient

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Humility

Phrase: I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant; my service to you; da locum melioribus; parvum parva decent.

Obedience

Adjective: obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call; under beck and call, under control.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Obedient

English words defined with "obedient": break, break induteous, dutifulInobedientMorigerate, MorigerousObedible, obediently, obey, Obsequentsubordination, subservientyieldingly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "obedient": Bald, BeesDanceFireNestObedience, OrchardParadise, Psalm cv. 28. (references)
Etymologies containing "obedient": Obedible. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Obedient" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (obediential).

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Modern Usage: Obedient

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I am commanded by the king to be brief, and since I am the king's obedient subject, brief I will be. I die His Majesty's good servant, but God's first (A Man for All Seasons; writing credit: Robert Bolt)

Clever

My dog is very obedient; he does what he is bid. A sign said "wet paint", and that's just what he did. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Obedient Flame (1939)

Your Obedient Servant (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Obedient

DomainTitle

Books

  • An Obedient and Patient Faith: An Exposition of 1st Peter (reference)

  • An Obedient Father (reference)

  • Government : Whose Obedient Servant? : A Primer in Public Choice (IEA Readings 51) (reference)

  • How to Be the Parents of Happy and Obedient Children (reference)

  • Me? Obey Him?: The Obedient Wife and God's Way of Happiness and Blessing in the Home (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Obedient

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Obedient

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

England and America. The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute - December 16th, 1856, to whom this engraving is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her obedient servants, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. / painted by W. Simpso. Credit: Library of Congress.

The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralter [sic], Aug. 26th, 1843 To Captn. Sir George Sartorius and the Officers of the H.M.S. Malabar--this print is respectfully dedicated by their obedient servant, Edmund Fry / / drawn by. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Obedient

AuthorQuotation

Henry David Thoreau

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Simonides

Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Obedient

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At the appointed hour, with as much disinterestedness as an actor who reaches his cue, obedient to the divine scenario, they enter into the tomb

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

James Tyrrel, and your most obedient subject

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Obedient

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837If we are prosperous at home and respected abroad, it is because we are free, united, industrious, and obedient to the laws.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929Here stands its Government, aware of its might but obedient to its conscience.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Obedient

"Obedient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Obedient" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%21120,883

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Obedient

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "obedient".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
DabarehN/ABiblical

Obedient

ShimrathN/ABiblical

Obedient

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Obedient

Expressions using "obedient": be obedient i write myself your most obedient servant obedient plant your most humble most obedient servant your obedient servant. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "obedient": non-obedient, scatty-but-obedient.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Obedient

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

obedient plant

40

be obedient

11

husband obedient

7

the obedient wife

6

dog obedient school

4

obedient woman

3

dog obedient

2

chaste obedient silent

2

obedient perennial plant

2

obedient slut submissive whore

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Obedient

Language Translations for "obedient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i dëgjueshëm (amenable, audible, ductile, manageable, sequacious), i bindur (biddable, certain, cocksure, committed, compliant, convinced, dedicated, docile, ductile, manageable, sequacious, submissive, well-behaved, wieldy). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ممتثل (conformist), ‏مطيع (compliant, conformable, dutiful, manageable, submissive), ‏مذعن (acquiescent, compliant, pliable, submissive, yielding), ‏قانت (submissive). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

послушен (amenable, biddable, gentle, good, governable, submissive, tame, toward, tractable, unresisting), покорен (governable, humble, meek, submissive, unresisting). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

, 服从 (Compliance, Compliant, Obey, Obeyed, Obeying, Subjected, Subjecting, submissive). (various references)

   

Czech

  

oddaný (affectionate, attached, devoted, dutiful, great, intent, pious, stalwart), poslušný (biddable, docile, dutiful, submissive). (various references)

   

Danish

  

lydig. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

willig, gehoorzaam. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

obeema, obea. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

lýðin. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرمانبردار (Subordinate), مطیع (Able, Docile, Limber, Submission, Submissive), حرف شنو, رام (Docile, Domestic, Inward, Manageable, Meek, Tame). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tottelevainen (dutiful), nöyrä (humble, lowly, meek, submissive), kuuliainen (dutiful). (various references)

   

French

  

docile, obéissant (obeying). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

hearrich. (various references)

   

German

  

gehorsam (obedience, obediently, obeisance, obeisant, obeisantly, subdued, submission, submissive), folgsam (flexible, manageable, obediently), gefügig (amenable, flexible, squeezable, submissive, supple), fügsam (acquiescent, biddable, compliant, docile, flexible, manageable, pliable, pliant, submissive, toward, tractable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πειθήνιος (docile, meek), πειθαρχικόσ (disciplinary), υπήκοοσ (citizen, national, subject), υπάκουοσ (biddable, docile, dutiful), υπάκουος (obedient to), ευπειθήσ (deferential, obeisant). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממושמע (disciplined, tractable), מקבל מרות (amenable, disciplined, docile, submissive, tractable), כ וע (docile, submissive), ציתן (docile, dutiful, tame), צית י (docile, submissive, tractable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szófogadó (biddable, dutiful, orderly), engedelmes (biddable, conformable, deferential, dutiful, manageable, mindful, observant, submissive, subservient, tame). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

taat (obey), penurut (amenable, follower), patuh (disciplinable, dutiful, obey), manut. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ubbidiente (dutiful), obbediente (duteous). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

聞き分け (easily taught), (docile, meek, unaffected), " (docile, gentle, meek, submissive), "   (docile, gentle, meek, submissive), " (docile, gentle, meek, submissive), 大人しい (docile, quiet). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すなお (docile, meek, unaffected), おとなしい (docile, quiet), ききわけ (easily taught), じゅうじゅ" (docile, gentle, meek, submissive). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

공순한. (various references)

   

Manx

  

biall. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

obedesidu, obedesido. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

obedientay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

obediente (conformable, duteous, dutiful, governable, obsequious, observant, submissive, yielding). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

supus (acquiescent, compliant, duteous, dutiful, dutifully, humble, meek, meekly, obediential, passive, subject, submissive, submissively, supple, tame, yielding), docil (amenable, docile, manageable, meek, teachable, tractable, yielding), ascultãtor (amenable, auditor, docile, duteous, dutiful, hearer, listener, manageable, obediential, obediently, supple, tractable, yielding). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

послушный (amenable, biddable, docile, duteous, gentle, governable, manageable, sequacious, tractable, wieldly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

umhal (humble), ùmhal. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poslušan (docile, obsequious, sequacious, tractable), pokoran (amenable, conformable, humble, malleable, manageable, meek, servile, submissive, subservient, tractable). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

obediente (compliant, duteous, dutiful). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lydig (biddable, docile, duteous, dutiful, good), hörsam. (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

masunúrin. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่เชื่อฟัง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yumuşak başlı (amenable, blancmange, compliant, docile, dovelike, flexible, flexile, good tempered, kind, meek, pliable, pliant, soft, toward), sadık (adhesive, constant, devoted, devout, faithful, loyal, stanch, staunch, true blue, true-hearted, trusty), söz dinler (tractable), itaatkâr (compliant, conformable, observant, submissive). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

слухняний (amenable, biddable, conformable, docile, dutiful, governable, kind, mild, obediential, obeisant, obsequious, passive, toward, tractable), послушний (obsequious), покірний (acquiesced, acquiescent, benign, duteous, lamblike, meek, obediential, obeisant, prideless, resigned, submissive, tame). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngoan ngoãn kính thư, dễ bảo (docile, meek, obsequious, tame, tractable), biết vâng lời (dutiful), biết nghe lời. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ufudd (humble). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Obedient

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

še-ga. (various references)

Akkadian3000 BCE-Modern

magru. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

obedia, oboedias, oboediatis, oboediatur, oboediebat, oboediemus, oboediens, oboedient, oboediente, oboedientes, oboedientia, oboedientibus, oboedieris, oboedierit, oboedieritis, oboedierunt, oboediet, oboedio, oboedire, oboedirent, oboediret, oboedisti, oboedistis, oboedit, oboedite, oboeditionem, oboeditis, oboediunt, oboedivimus, oboedivit, obsequiosus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Obedient

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 25, Verse 12
Latin405VulgateInauris aurea et margaritum fulgens qui arguit sapientem et aurem oboedientem
Middle English1395WyclifA goldene erering, and a margarite shynende, that vndernemeth a wis man, and an ere obedient.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAs an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Victorian English1833WebsterAs an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Basic English1964OgdenLike a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Obedient

LanguageProverbs Chapter 25, Verse 12
CebuanoMaingon sa usa ka ariyos nga bulawan, ug sa usa ka dayandayan sa fino nga bulawan, Ingon man ang usa ka manggialamon nga magbabadlong ibabaw sa usa ka masinugtanon nga igdulungog.
CroatianMudrac koji kori uhu je poslušnu zlatan prsten i ogrlica od tanka zlata.
DanishEn Guldring, et gyldent Smykke er revsende Vismand for lyttende Øre.
DutchEen wijs bestraffer bij een horend oor, is een gouden oorsiersel, en een halssieraad van het fijnste goud.
FinnishKultainen korvarengas ja hienokultainen kaulakoru ovat viisas neuvoja ynnä kuuleva korva.
FrenchComme un anneau d`or et une parure d`or fin, Ainsi pour une oreille docile est le sage qui réprimande.
GermanWer einem Weisen gehorcht, der ihn straft, das ist wie ein goldenes Stirnband und goldenes Halsband.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTeguran orang arif kepada orang yang mau mendengarnya, seperti cincin emas atau perhiasan kencana.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSeperti anting-anting keemasan berpatutan dengan kalung yang dari pada emas sepuluh matu, demikianpun telinga yang suka mendengar itu berpatutan dengan penegur yang berbudi.
ItalianCome anello d'oro e collana d'oro fino è un saggio che ammonisce un orecchio attento.
MaoriHe pera i te whakakai koura, i te whakapaipai koura parakore koia ano te ako a te whakaaro nui ki te taringa rongo.
NorwegianSom en ring av gull, som et smykke av fint gull er en vismann som taler refsende ord for et hørende øre.
PortugueseComo pendentes de ouro e gargantilhas de ouro puro, assim é o sábio repreensor para o ouvido obediente.   
RumanianCa o verigq de aur wi o podoabq de aur curat, awa este knyeleptul care mustrq, pentru o ureche ascultqtoare. -
RussianъПМПФБС УЕТШЗБ Й ХЛТБЫЕОЙЕ ЙЪ ЮЙУФПЗП ЪПМПФБ--НХ"ТЩК П'МЙЮЙФЕМШ "МС ЧОЙНБФЕМШОПЗП ХИБ.
SwedishSåsom en gyllene örring passar till ett bröstspänne av fint guld, så passar en vis bestraffare till ett hörsamt öra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Obedient

Derivations

Words beginning with "obedient": obediently. (additional references)

Words ending with "obedient": disobedient. (additional references)

Words containing "obedient": disobediently. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Obedient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Obbedire, obdient, obediant, Obeidat, obidient. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Obedient"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "obedient" (pronounced ōbē"dēunt)
7-b ē" d ē u n tdisobedient.
6-ē" d ē u n texpedient, ingredient.
5-d ē u n tradiant.
4-ē u n tambient, affiant, defoliant, deviant, incipient, invariant, lenient, luxuriant, miscreant, nutrient, percipient, prescient, prurient, recipient, salient, subservient, variant.
3-u n tagent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Obedient

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-o-t"

-1 letter: ebonite.

-2 letters: betide, debone, denote, endite.

-3 letters: beton, bidet, biont, boite, boned, debit, diene, dobie, donee, noted, teind, tined, tondi, toned.

-4 letters: been, beet, bend, bene, bent, bide, bind, bine, bint, bite, bode, bond, bone, debt, deet, dene, deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dite, doit, done, dote, ebon, edit, eide, into, need, nide, nite.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-o-t"
 

+2 letters: embodiment, obediently, reobtained.

 

+3 letters: benediction, benedictory, disobedient, embodiments, molybdenite, outbreeding, tenebrionid, tinderboxes.

 

+4 letters: benedictions, deliberation, diabetogenic, hebetudinous, molybdenites, outbreedings, speedboating, tenebrionids.

 

+5 letters: counterbidden, decerebration, deliberations, disobediently, nondeductible, nondeliberate, polybutadiene, speedboatings, thiabendazole, unmetabolized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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