complying

(com-ply-ing) 3 syllables

Definition


verb.
to act in agreement with a rule or anothers wishes; to do as one is asked or ordered

Example Sentence

The students were complying with the teacher's wishes.

Synonyms

abide by; adhere; agree; conform

Antonyms

disobey; refuse

Rhymes

  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying

  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying

  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying

  • indemnifying