Synonyms for obedience
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Noun
1. Respect
respect, submission, subservience, submissiveness, allegiance, obeisance, compliance, deference, dutifulness, duteousness, homage
Other
obediency, hearsomeness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being obedient.
Obedience is essential in any army.
Forms
- Plural
- obediences → respects, submissions, subserviences, allegiances…
Example sentences
- respect Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.
- submission Humans were whipped into submission by the aliens.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obedience | rising | |
| respect | falling | |
| submission | steady | |
| subservience | steady | |
| submissiveness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- homage2
- 7 letters
- respect2
- 9 letters
- deference3, obeisance3, obediency
- 10 letters
- compliance3, submission3, allegiance3
- 11 letters
- dutifulness, duteousness
- 12 letters
- subservience4, hearsomeness
- 14 letters
- submissiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (homage2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obédience