obeys

• abide by
• abides by
• accede
• accept
• accord
• acquiesce
• act upon
• adhere to
• agree
• answer
• assent
• attends
• be loyal to
• be ruled by
• bow to
• carry out
• comply
• concur
• discharge
• do as one says
• do what is expected
• do what one is told
• embrace
• execute
• falls in with
• follow
• follows
• fulfill
• get in line
• give way
• hears
• heed
• heeds
• hold fast
• keep
• keeps to
• knuckle under
• live by
• marks
• mind
• minds
• notes
• notices
• observe
• observes
• perform
• play second fiddle
• regards
• respond
• serve
• submit
• surrender
• take orders
• takes
• toe the line
• watches

• argue
• ask
• breaches
• breaks
• bucks
• challenges
• combats
• contests
• dares
• decline
• defies
• deny
• derides
• differ
• directs
• disagree
• disallow
• disapprove
• dismisses
• disobey
• disobeys
• disobliges
• dispute
• disputes
• disregard
• disregards
• dissent
• fail
• fights
• flouts
• forget
• ignore
• ignores
• infringes
• leads
• leave
• miss
• mocks
• mutiny
• neglect
• object
• oppose
• opposes
• overlook
• overlooks
• overpasses
• passes over
• pooh-poohs
• poohs
• protest
• question
• rebel
• refuse
• refuses
• reject
• renounces
• repudiates
• resists
• scorns
• shrugs off
• transgresses
• tunes out
• violates
• withstands

• verb
  1. To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. To do as one is told.
  3. To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

• The well-trained dog always obeys its owner's commands.
• In a disciplined household, everyone willingly obeys the established rules.
• The automated system reliably obeys the programmed instructions.
• A loyal servant faithfully obeys the wishes of their master.
• The dedicated team smoothly operates when each member consistently obeys the project guidelines.

abides by

keeps to

observes

falls in with

watches

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