OBEYED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

obeyed

verb

past tense of obey

as in followed

to act according to the commands of she taught her dog to obey her when she said "Sit!" most people obey the law and wear their seat belts

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Recent Examples of obeyed Additional transcripts revealed the Kazakhstan Airlines crew never confirmed to the controller that the aircraft had received or obeyed the instructions to maintain 15,000 feet. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026 The man was carrying a knife, according to the affidavit, but obeyed the officers’ commands to drop the weapon. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026 Arguably, most Russian elites have not obeyed the Kremlin out of deep loyalty or ideological alignment throughout Putin’s long reign. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 His wishes were largely obeyed — until the third Test in Soweto last weekend, where the home crowd whistled and cheered during the haka. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The unassailability of the strength here must be obeyed or, at least, acknowledged. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 If the early universe obeyed this rule, our modern cosmos would be devoid of substance, just energy fields rippling eternally through emptiness. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026 As her cabin took on water, Chloe Childress had obeyed Camp Mystic’s one directive to shelter in place. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Paradoxes and Doubt The late 1800s were a time of paradoxes and doubt, the result of mathematicians beginning to search for cohesive ideas about what rules the mathematical universe obeyed. — Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026

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Electricity costs rank first, followed by water usage and environmental impact.

— Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Billie Joe Armstrong followed Dangerfield on Instagram, and the two struck up a friendship that led to the Paradox opening for Green Day on the Atlanta stop of its Saviors Tour.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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Moderate fall color is being observed across most of central Maryland and the Baltimore metro.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Since landing on Mars back in 2021, Perseverance has observed, sampled and studied a wide variety of rocks, boulder fields, Martian slopes and more.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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