Antonyms of adj obedient

1 sense of obedient

Sense 1
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)

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)

Similarity of adj obedient

1 sense of obedient

Sense 1
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)
          Also See-> compliant#1; docile#1; good#1; manageable#1; submissive#1; tractable#1, manipulable#1