Word Meanings - DUTEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly,

Additional info about word: DUTEOUS

1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Du"te*ous*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DUTEOUS)

• Dutiful
• Obedient
• submissive
• respectful
• docile
• deferential
• duteous

Related words: (words related to DUTEOUS)

• DEFERENTIALLY
  With deference.
• DUTEOUS
  1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly,
• DEFERENTIAL
  Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
• SUBMISSIVE
  1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton. 2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as,
• RESPECTFUL
  Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior. -- Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*spect"ful*ness, n.
• OBEDIENT
  Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command.
• OBEDIENTIAL
  According to the rule of obedience. An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.
• DUTIFUL
  1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful
• DOCILE
  1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.
• OBEDIENTLY
  In an obedient manner; with obedience.
• INOBEDIENT
  Not obedient; disobedient. Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
• DISOBEDIENTLY
  In a disobedient manner.
• DISOBEDIENT
  1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke.
• UNOBEDIENT
  Disobedient. Milton.
• INDOCILE
  Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.
• NONSUBMISSIVE
  Not submissive.
• DISRESPECTFUL
  Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.