Synonyms for submissive
səbˈmɪs ɪv

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1. submissive(adj)

   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:
   subservient, slavish

   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, overbearing

2. slavish, subservient, submissive(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   subservient, slavish, instrumental, implemental

   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, roughshod

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1. submissive(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   obedient, meek, timid, docile, slavish

   Antonyms:
   dominant, domineering

2. submissive(adjective)

   Meekly obedient or passive.

   Synonyms:
   obedient, meek, docile, timid, slavish

   Antonyms:
   domineering, dominant

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. submissive

   Synonyms:
   obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, humble, docile, modest, passive, acquiescent, subservient

   Antonyms:
   disobedient, incompliant, unyielding, unobsequious, recalcitrant, refractory, proud, resistent, renitent, malcontent, recusant

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1. submissive(a.)

   Synonyms:
   yielding, tractable, pliant, docile

2. submissive(a.)

   Synonyms:
   obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering

3. submissive(a.)

   Synonyms:
   humble, meek, lowly, profound

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1. List of paraphrases:

   slavish, docile

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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