dutiful

1. 1.

   willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

   “a dutiful child”

   “a dutiful citizen”

   “Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife”

   Synonymsduteous

   Similarobedient

Questions about dutiful

What does dutiful mean?

dutiful means "willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect".

How many syllables are in dutiful?

dutiful has 3 syllables: du-ti-ful. The stress falls on "du". In IPA it is /ˈdutifəl/.

What is another word for dutiful?

Close synonyms include duteous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.