What are some opposite words for submissive?
Antonyms for submissive
səbˈmɪs ɪvsub·mis·sive
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term submissive.
Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
submissive
One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.
Antonyms:
determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilfulSynonyms:
amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
submissive
Antonyms:
disobedient, incompliant, unyielding, unobsequious, recalcitrant, refractory, proud, resistent, renitent, malcontent, recusantSynonyms:
obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, humble, docile, modest, passive, acquiescent, subservient
Princeton's WordNet
submissiveadjective
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"
Antonyms:
autocratic, high-and-mighty, bossy, tyrannous, tyrannical, unsubmissive, dictatorial, unservile, dominating, bullying, high-handed, peremptory, blustery, oppressive, authoritarian, roughshod, cavalier, domineering, magisterial, heavy-handed, overbearingSynonyms:
subservient, slavishslavish, subservient, submissiveadjective
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"
Antonyms:
high-handed, peremptory, bullying, high-and-mighty, autocratic, unsubmissive, heavy-handed, unservile, bossy, blustery, oppressive, cavalier, tyrannical, magisterial, overbearing, tyrannous, domineering, authoritarian, dictatorial, dominating, roughshodSynonyms:
subservient, slavish, instrumental, implemental
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
submissiveadjective
Antonyms:
insubmissive, defiant, intractable, rebellious, refractorySynonyms:
yielding, obedient, tractable, meek, resigned, passive
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
submissive
Synonyms:
Bottom
How to use submissive in a sentence?
I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.
I'm really lucky that Pornhub wanted to come on and produce this with me because originally I was shopping it around a very long time ago and things were very different, people are kind of scared to make a movie like this one when it comes to dominance and submissive( ness) between a male and a female and how this relationship can turn quite sour.
He was totally compliant, submissive even still not enough to save him from the ferocious violence of the police department.
The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
She was religious, but a very normal person as well. She was a very hardworking and submissive student. She never created any problem in the class. She was an obedient girl. I cannot even imagine how she could murder people.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#1854 | firm | |
#2328 | determined | |
#4132 | proud | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#17807 | bullying | |
#18171 | cavalier | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#25003 | dominating | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29735 | authoritarian | |
#30462 | oppressive | |
#42074 | inflexible | |
#42291 | opinionated | |
#42831 | intractable | |
#43680 | resolute | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#58403 | tyrannical | |
#61099 | wilful | |
#61448 | dictatorial | |
#62649 | disobedient | |
#64264 | overbearing | |
#64686 | autocratic | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#70249 | recalcitrant | |
#73290 | peremptory | |
#75235 | bossy | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#83652 | blustery | |
#83750 | magisterial | |
#85868 | malcontent | |
#90152 | domineering | |
#126547 | roughshod | |
#150299 | resistent | |
#275857 | tyrannous |
Translation
Find a translation for this antonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"submissive." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/antonyms/submissive>.
Discuss these submissive antonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In