Synonyms for Obey:

• n.

  •
  • same.

• v.

  •adhere (verb)
  • respect,
  • support,
  • maintain.
  •answer to (verb)
  • being ruled by,
  • art ruled by,
  • am ruled by,
  • were ruled by,
  • wast ruled by,
  • wert ruled by,
  • was ruled by,
  • are ruled by,
  • is ruled by.
  •comply (verb)
  • come around,
  • roll over and play dead,
  • cave in,
  • satisfy,
  • accept,
  • concur,
  • go with the flow,
  • fit in,
  • consent,
  • go along with,
  • give up,
  • genuflect,
  • straighten up,
  • yield,
  • succumb,
  • bend,
  • kowtow,
  • observe,
  • toss it in,
  • agree to,
  • stay in line,
  • fold,
  • cave,
  • surrender,
  • give out,
  • agree,
  • yes one,
  • capitulate,
  • assent,
  • cry uncle,
  • knuckle to,
  • don't make waves,
  • knuckle under,
  • throw in towel,
  • give in,
  • acquiesce,
  • conform to,
  • play the game,
  • put out,
  • quit,
  • don't rock the boat,
  • consent to,
  • play ball,
  • bow,
  • cede.
  •conform (verb)
  • tailor,
  • follow beaten path,
  • fall in with,
  • reconciliate,
  • be guided by,
  • roll with punches,
  • square,
  • follow the crowd,
  • fit,
  • run with the pack,
  • quadrate,
  • clean up act,
  • go by the book,
  • reconcile,
  • attune,
  • move over,
  • meet halfway,
  • proportion,
  • coordinate,
  • tune,
  • accommodate,
  • integrate,
  • make room,
  • suit,
  • harmonize,
  • tailor-make.
  •defer (verb)
  • buckle,
  • adjust,
  • adapt,
  • concede,
  • admit,
  • fawn,
  • cringe,
  • truckle.
  •fall (verb)
  • go down,
  • die,
  • back down,
  • go under,
  • drop,
  • resign,
  • perish,
  • slump.
  •follow (verb)
  • mirror,
  • pattern oneself upon,
  • take after,
  • mimic,
  • model on,
  • attend,
  • cultivate,
  • reflect,
  • keep an eye on,
  • copy,
  • be consistent with,
  • live up to,
  • watch,
  • take as an example,
  • imitate,
  • be in keeping,
  • be interested in,
  • emulate,
  • keep abreast of,
  • follow suit,
  • give allegiance to,
  • note,
  • adopt,
  • match,
  • do like,
  • regard,
  • string along.
  •fulfill (verb)
  • finish,
  • effectuate,
  • achieve,
  • implement,
  • suffice,
  • accomplish,
  • conclude,
  • effect,
  • realize,
  • please,
  • meet,
  • perfect,
  • fill,
  • render.
  •heed (verb)
  • see,
  • watch one's step,
  • watch over,
  • ride herd on,
  • take notice of,
  • bear in mind,
  • consider,
  • spot,
  • hearken,
  • catch,
  • follow orders,
  • mark,
  • pick up,
  • watch the store,
  • hear,
  • be aware,
  • get a load of,
  • give ear,
  • mind the store,
  • hark,
  • keep tabs,
  • sit,
  • baby-sit,
  • pay attention,
  • keep eye peeled,
  • take to heart,
  • watch out.
  •keep (verb)
  • hold,
  • celebrate,
  • bless,
  • honor,
  • consecrate,
  • praise,
  • laud,
  • sanctify.
  •listen (verb)
  • am ears,
  • taking under advisement,
  • over-hearing,
  • hung on words,
  • lent ear,
  • was attentive,
  • tuning in on,
  • was all ears,
  • picked upon,
  • lends ear,
  • pricks ears,
  • wast attentive,
  • being attentive,
  • pricking ears,
  • wast ears,
  • over-heard,
  • took into consideration,
  • gives an audience to,
  • gives audience to,
  • lending ear,
  • hanged on words,
  • over hear,
  • hanged words,
  • were attentive,
  • auscultates,
  • picks up on,
  • hang words,
  • tuned in on,
  • tune on,
  • picks upon,
  • took under advisement,
  • heard tell,
  • are ears,
  • gives attention,
  • wert attentive,
  • over hearing,
  • giving an audience to,
  • was ears,
  • ausculting,
  • picked up on,
  • takes into consideration,
  • am all ears,
  • gave heed to,
  • hung words,
  • auscultating,
  • is attentive,
  • auscults,
  • hangs words,
  • hanging on words,
  • am attentive,
  • over-hears,
  • wert all ears,
  • pricking up ears,
  • taking advice,
  • hears tell,
  • art attentive,
  • picking upon,
  • pick upon,
  • tuned on,
  • lent an ear,
  • be ears,
  • took notice,
  • are attentive,
  • wert ears,
  • hangs on words,
  • tunes in on,
  • pricks up ears,
  • took in to consideration,
  • lends an ear,
  • gives heed to,
  • being ears,
  • pricked up ears,
  • taking in to consideration,
  • took advice,
  • take in to consideration,
  • takes notice,
  • takes advice,
  • pricked ears,
  • is ears,
  • ausculted,
  • gave audience to,
  • were ears,
  • tunes on,
  • lending an ear,
  • wast all ears,
  • tuning on,
  • are all ears,
  • being all ears,
  • is all ears,
  • lend ear,
  • gave an audience to,
  • were all ears,
  • giving heed to,
  • over-hear,
  • giving audience to,
  • art all ears,
  • over heard,
  • over hears,
  • gave attention,
  • hanging words,
  • takes in to consideration,
  • hearing tell,
  • takes under advisement,
  • tunes in.
  •obey (verb)
  • respond,
  • accord,
  • carry out,
  • be loyal to,
  • do as one says,
  • do what one is told,
  • bow to,
  • accede,
  • execute,
  • take orders,
  • live by,
  • perform,
  • get in line,
  • do what is expected,
  • act upon,
  • embrace,
  • discharge,
  • play second fiddle,
  • answer,
  • do one's duty,
  • toe the line.
  •prostrate (verb)
  • sur rendering,
  • sur renders,
  • sur rendered,
  • falls at feet,
  • sur-renders,
  • fell feet,
  • sur-rendering,
  • casts before,
  • falling at feet,
  • fell at feet,
  • casting before,
  • sur-render,
  • bows down,
  • falls feet,
  • fall feet,
  • falling feet,
  • sur-rendered.
  •serve (verb)
  • is employed by,
  • being employed by,
  • sub-serving,
  • sub serving,
  • sub-served,
  • sub served,
  • was employed by,
  • are employed by,
  • sub-serves,
  • were employed by,
  • wert employed by,
  • sub serve,
  • am employed by,
  • wast employed by,
  • sub-serve,
  • sub serves.
  •submit (verb)
  • resigned oneself,
  • wert submissive,
  • said uncle,
  • with stood,
  • resigning oneself,
  • threw in the towel,
  • throwing the towel,
  • lays down arms,
  • were submissive,
  • throws in the towel,
  • laid down arms,
  • art submissive,
  • with-stand,
  • with-stands,
  • says uncle,
  • grinning bear it,
  • resigns oneself,
  • grinned bear it,
  • am submissive,
  • throws the towel,
  • wast submissive,
  • was submissive,
  • gave ground,
  • are submissive,
  • grinning and bear it,
  • is submissive,
  • laying down arms,
  • with stands,
  • grin bear it,
  • throw the towel,
  • grins bear it,
  • being submissive,
  • threw the towel,
  • putting with,
  • with-standing,
  • with stand,
  • saying uncle,
  • grinned and bear it,
  • with standing.
  •subscribe (verb)
  • gives stamp of approval give go ahead,
  • auto graphing,
  • gives stamp approval give go-ahead,
  • sub scribes,
  • give stamp of approval give the go ahead,
  • gave stamp approval give the go-ahead,
  • gives stamp approval give the go-ahead,
  • sub-scribed,
  • giving stamp of approval give the go-ahead,
  • under-written,
  • gave stamp approval give go-ahead,
  • getting behind,
  • co-signs,
  • gave stamp of approval give goahead,
  • cosigns,
  • gives stamp of approval give the goahead,
  • co-signing,
  • rubberstamps,
  • yessed,
  • signaturing,
  • co signing,
  • holds with,
  • cosigning,
  • give stamp of approval give go-ahead,
  • giving stamp of approval give goahead,
  • giving stamp approval give goahead,
  • giving stamp of approval give go ahead,
  • auto graphed,
  • under write,
  • sub scribed,
  • gat behind,
  • under-signs,
  • yessing,
  • got behind,
  • gave stamp approval give goahead,
  • gave stamp approval give the goahead,
  • rubber-stamping,
  • rubberstamped,
  • under-writes,
  • gives stamp of approval give goahead,
  • giving stamp of approval give the goahead,
  • gotten behind,
  • gives stamp approval give go ahead,
  • gives stamp approval give goahead,
  • gives stamp of approval give the go ahead,
  • co signs,
  • give stamp of approval give goahead,
  • under-signing,
  • gave stamp of approval give go ahead,
  • giving stamp of approval give the go ahead,
  • sub-scribing,
  • gave stamp approval give go ahead,
  • rubberstamping,
  • signatured,
  • giving stamp approval give the goahead,
  • under writes,
  • gives stamp of approval give the go-ahead,
  • give stamp approval give the goahead,
  • gave stamp of approval give go-ahead,
  • gave stamp of approval give the go ahead,
  • give stamp approval give the go ahead,
  • give stamp approval give go-ahead,
  • co signed,
  • co-signed,
  • sub-scribe,
  • held with,
  • gives stamp approval give the goahead,
  • under-wrote,
  • putting john hancock on,
  • gave stamp approval give the go ahead,
  • under signs,
  • holding with,
  • auto-graphed,
  • giving stamp of approval give go-ahead,
  • give stamp approval give goahead,
  • gives stamp approval give the go ahead,
  • under signing,
  • give stamp of approval give the goahead,
  • giving stamp approval give the go ahead,
  • gave stamp of approval give the go-ahead,
  • under-write,
  • gives stamp of approval give go-ahead,
  • give stamp approval give the go-ahead,
  • under written,
  • under-writing,
  • gave stamp of approval give the goahead,
  • under sign,
  • auto-graphing,
  • under-sign,
  • under signed,
  • cosigned,
  • giving stamp approval give go-ahead,
  • give stamp of approval give go ahead,
  • give stamp approval give go ahead,
  • co sign,
  • sub scribing,
  • under writing,
  • yesses,
  • puts john hancock on,
  • sub-scribes,
  • sub scribe,
  • under wrote,
  • rubber-stamped,
  • giving stamp approval give go ahead,
  • under-signed,
  • giving stamp approval give the go-ahead.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shape up,
  • mind,
  • abide by,
  • keep to,
  • dance attendance on,
  • walk with God,
  • cooperate,
  • act onorupon,
  • play fair,
  • adhere to,
  • manage,
  • recognize.
  •
  • jump,
  • DO,
  • behave.
  •
  • bidding.
  •
  • abide.
  •comply
  • conforms to,
  • adhered to,
  • dittoed,
  • consented to,
  • straightens up,
  • toss in,
  • caving in,
  • conforming to,
  • stayed in line,
  • playing the game,
  • gave in,
  • going with the flow,
  • caves in,
  • straightened up.
  •conform
  • rolls with punches,
  • Proportioned,
  • Co-ordinates,
  • rolling with punches,
  • tailormade,
  • Proportioning,
  • co-ordinate.
  •follow
  • Emulated,
  • kept an eye on,
  • Followed,
  • hold fast.
  •heed
  • watched over,
  • watching one's step,
  • paid attention,
  • taking notice of,
  • minding the store,
  • paying attention,
  • was aware,
  • sat,
  • keeping tabs,
  • watching out,
  • took notice of,
  • followed orders,
  • watching over,
  • babysit,
  • follows orders,
  • take heart,
  • takes notice of,
  • do one's bidding.
  •serve
  • Subserving,
  • subserves,
  • be employed by,
  • Subserved,
  • subserve.

Paraphrases for Obey:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Corresponded.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    follow, conform, listen, govern.
  • Verb, base form
    follow, abide, respects, heed, uphold, conform, enforce, execute, undergo, respond, listen, perform, govern.

Antonyms for Obey:

• v.

  • adhere
    not conform, disjoin.
  • comply
    reject, deny, rebuff, refuse, resist, oppose, decline.
  • conform
    fight, differ.
  • conform, give in
    dispute, disallow, argue, leave, forget, protest, ask, dissent, object, question, disagree, disapprove.
  • defer
    force, forge, advance.
  • fall
    overthrow, win, reach, overcome, attain.
  • follow
    disregard, scorn, avoid.
  • fulfill
    miss, neglect, fail.
  • heed
    overlook, ignore.
  • keep
    dishonor.
  • obey
    disobey.
  • Other antonyms:
    mock, scoff, pass over, withstand, pooh-pooh, brush off, flout, rebel, challenge, renounce, dismiss, revolt, shrug off, disoblige, break, dare, repudiate, deride, buck, overpass, breach, contest, wink, lead, combat, mutiny.

Hypernym for Obey:

• v.

  • social
    mind, comply, heed, listen, take orders, follow, abide by.

Hyponym for Obey:

• v.

  • social
    adjust, conform, adapt.