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Defenition of the word submissive

    • Defenition of the word submissive

      • abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
      • inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
      • willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
      • inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
      • abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

    Synonyms for the word submissive

      • acquiescent
      • compliant
      • docile
      • dutiful
      • meek
      • obedient
      • passive
      • slavish
      • subservient

    Similar words in the submissive

      • abject
      • bowed
      • bowing
      • compliant
      • cringing
      • dominated
      • groveling
      • grovelling
      • henpecked
      • humble
      • meek
      • obedient
      • servile
      • spiritless
      • submissive
      • subordinate
      • unassertive
      • wormlike
      • wormy

    Antonyms for the word submissive

      • domineering

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