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Definitions for Obey

[1] to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
[2] to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).
[3] (of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.
[4] to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).
[5] to be obedient: to agree to obey.
[6] to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands)
[7] to behave or act in accordance with (one's feelings, whims, etc)

Words related to Obey

execute, accept, observe, embrace, heed, surrender, comply, respond, accord, accede, concur, acquiesce, perform, serve, mind, submit, keep, discharge, answer, follow

Words nearby Obey

oberösterreich, obese, obesity, obesogenic, obex, obey, obfuscate, obfuscation, obi, obie, obiit

Origin of Obey

1250–1300; Middle English obeien < Old French obeir < Latin oboedīre, equivalent to ob- ob- + audīre to hear; -oe- for expected -ū- is unclear

Other words from Obey

o·bey·a·ble , adjective
o·bey·er , noun
o·bey·ing·ly , adverb
un·o·beyed , adjective
un·o·bey·ing , adjective
well-o·beyed , adjective

Word origin for Obey

C13: from Old French obéir, from Latin oboedīre, from ob- to, towards + audīre to hear

Synonyms for Obey

accept, adhere to, carry out, comply, embrace, execute, heed, live by, observe, surrender, accede, accord, acquiesce, agree, answer, assent, concur, discharge, follow, fulfill, keep, mind, perform, respond, serve, submit, abide by, act upon, be loyal to, be ruled by, bow to, do as one says, do one's bidding, do one's duty, do what is expected, do what one is told, get in line, give way, hold fast, knuckle under, play second fiddle, take orders, toe the line