OBEISANT Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

obeisant

adjective

Definition of obeisant

as in obsequious

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Adjective

For instance, Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have become openly obsequious in sucking up to the DSA.

— Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
As a friend — her friends all know that Bobbi was singular — ever thoughtful, never obsequious, sometimes obstinate, always honest.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 July 2026

Definition of obsequious

Adjective

Like the East India Companies and the Rothschild banks, which were ultimately subordinate to the governments of the metropole, frontier labs have been granted extraordinary latitude in exchange for advancing the metropole’s position.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Those objectives must remain subordinate to safety and security constraints.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of subordinate

Adjective

If any other human impulse in a wild place must become subservient to a line in some accountant’s ledger, then the wild will always lose out.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
For them, the word feels like something from the past — dusty, subservient, restrictive, and freighted with baggage.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of subservient

Adjective

An America that feels safe because our leaders act with integrity and honor, not with a slavish, intemperate ego.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The president is more concerned with rewarding slavish loyalty than supporting electability.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of slavish

Adjective

What happened to that docile small-town bunch that was once embarrassingly soft?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
The models in the film, meanwhile, run the spectrum from docile to diva — including Evangelista, who’s entreating the camera with an impish smile even while having a little fit backstage.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of docile

Adjective

In Russia, soldiers die at the front by the hundreds of thousands while politically compliant billionaires accumulate obscene fortunes.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
In tandem, waivers for non-compliant materials will stop being available unless there are active efforts to qualify a domestic or allied source.

— Yardley Pohl, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of compliant

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