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- DictionarySub·mis·sive/səbˈmisiv/
adjective
- 1. ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive: "a submissive, almost sheeplike people"
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The meaning of SUBMISSIVE is submitting to others. How to use submissive in a sentence.
allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals: He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word. In the presence of older birds, the younger eagles tend to be submissive. Synonyms. servile disapproving. slavish disapproving. Opposites. dominant. domineering disapproving. Fewer examples.
allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals: He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word. In the presence of older birds, the younger eagles tend to be submissive. Synonyms. servile disapproving. slavish disapproving. Opposites. dominant. domineering disapproving. Fewer examples.
inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants. Synonyms: amenable, pliant, compliant, tractable. Antonyms: disobedient, rebellious. marked by or indicating submission or a yielding to the authority of another: a submissive reply.
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”. synonyms: unassertive. inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence. abject. showing humiliation or submissiveness.
4 days ago · inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient. submissive servants. 2. marked by or indicating submission. a submissive reply. SYNONYMS 1. tractable, compliant, pliant, amenable. 2. passive, resigned, patient, docile, tame, subdued. ANTONYMS 1. rebellious, disobedient.
1. submissive - 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". unassertive - inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person".
