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All obey antonyms

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verb obey

  • disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
  • ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
  • differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
  • disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
  • dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
  • oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
  • question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • mutiny — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
  • rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
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