obeisant

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore O words

showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

In a sentence

Obeisant in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing obeisant in a sentence.

The new recruits stood obeisant before the commanding officer.

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Keep going

a stupid, clumsy, or boorish person

stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or course of action

a gesture or attitude of deep respect or submission

a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

grossly overweight to a degree that poses a health risk

to make something deliberately unclear or confusing

the act of making something deliberately unclear or confusing

tending to make something deliberately obscure, confusing, or unclear

Common questions

Obeisant (adjective) means showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

Here is obeisant used in an example sentence: "The new recruits stood obeisant before the commanding officer."

Common synonyms for obeisant include deferential, submissive, reverential.

Antonyms of obeisant include defiant, insolent, disrespectful.

Obeisant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.