Antonyms of adj disobedient
2 senses of disobedient
Sense 1
disobedient (vs. obedient) -- (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children")
obedient (vs. disobedient) -- (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)
=> acquiescent, biddable -- (willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority")
=> conformable -- (quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare)
=> dutiful, duteous -- (willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";)
=> Y2K compliant -- (prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries)
Sense 2
disobedient, unruly -- (unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers")
INDIRECT (VIA insubordinate) -> subordinate -- (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom")
Similarity of adj disobedient
2 senses of disobedient
Sense 1
disobedient (vs. obedient) -- (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children")
=> contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward -- (resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior")
=> fractious, refractory, recalcitrant -- (stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child")
=> froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful -- (habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition)
=> recusant -- (refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams)
Also See-> bad#1; defiant#1, noncompliant#1; incorrigible#1; intractable#1; stubborn#1, obstinate#1, unregenerate#1; unmanageable#2, difficult#2
Sense 2
disobedient, unruly -- (unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers")
=> insubordinate (vs. subordinate) -- (not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys")