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View usage for: (səbmɪsɪv) adjectiveIf you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. Some doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms: meek, passive, obedient, compliant More Synonyms of submissive submissively adverb The troops submissively laid down their weapons. submissive in British English (səbˈmɪsɪv) adjectiveof, tending towards, or indicating submission, humility, or servility Derived forms submissively (subˈmissively) adverb submissiveness (subˈmissiveness) noun submissive in American English (səbˈmɪsɪv) adjective having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding Derived forms submissively (subˈmissively) adverb submissiveness (subˈmissiveness) noun Word origin < L submissus, pp. of submittere (see submit) + -ive Examples of 'submissive' in a sentencesubmissive Definition showing quiet obedience Most doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms accommodating humble subdued lowly ingratiating malleable uncomplaining biddable unresisting bootlicking (informal) obeisant Opposites difficult , awkward , stubborn , intractable , unyielding , obstinate , headstrong , uncooperative , disobedient Additional synonymsDefinition lacking all self-respect He sounded abject and eager to please. Synonyms servile, humble, humiliating, craven, cringing, fawning, submissive, grovelling, subservient, slavish, mean, low, obsequiousThe other men were acquiescent but he had an independent streak. Synonyms submissive, agreeing, accepting, approving, yielding, consenting, accommodating, conforming, agreeable, meek, assenting, obedient, compliant, amenable, acceding, concurrent, ingratiating, malleable, deferential, pliant, obsequious, tractable, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant Definition likely or willing to cooperate I've never had a long-term relationship. I'm not amenable enough. Synonyms receptive, open, susceptible, responsive, agreeable, compliant, tractable, acquiescent, persuadable, able to be influenced Additional synonymsSynonyms obedient, cooperative, amenable, docile, tractable, complaisant, teachable a docile and compliant workforce Synonyms obedient, willing, accepting, yielding, obliging, accommodating, passive, cooperative, agreeable, submissive, conformist, deferential, acquiescent, complaisant, conformable, accordant, assentient, consentient Definition showing respect stars who like five-star hotels and deferential treatment Synonyms respectful, civil, polite, courteous, considerate, obedient, submissive, dutiful, ingratiating, reverential, obsequious, complaisant, obeisant, regardfulDefinition (of a person or animal) easily controlled They were docile, obedient children. Synonyms obedient, manageable, compliant, amenable, submissive, pliant, tractable, biddable, ductile, teachable (rare) Definition doing what is expected The days of the dutiful spouse are over. Synonyms conscientious, devoted, obedient, respectful, compliant, submissive, docile, deferential, reverential, filial, punctilious, duteous (archaic) Definition obeying or willing to obey a sweet, obedient little child Synonyms submissive, yielding, compliant, under control, respectful, law-abiding, well-trained, amenable, docile, dutiful, subservient, deferential, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, accommodating, passive, meek, ingratiating, malleable, pliant, obsequious, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant, duteous Definition being overattentive in order to gain favour She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title. Synonyms servile, flattering, cringing, fawning, abject, submissive, grovelling, menial, subservient, ingratiating, deferential, sycophantic, slavish, unctuous, smarmy (British, informal), mealy-mouthed, toadying, bootlicking (informal), toadyish Definition submissive and receptive to outside forces their passive acceptance of the new regime Synonyms submissive, resigned, compliant, receptive, lifeless, docile, nonviolent, quiescent, acquiescent, unassertive, unresisting Definition persevering or diligent years of patient devotion to her family Synonyms long-suffering, resigned, calm, enduring, quiet, composed, persistent, philosophical, serene, persevering, stoical, submissive, self-possessed, uncomplaining, untiringDefinition easily influenced She's proud and stubborn under that pliant exterior. Synonyms impressionable, susceptible, manageable, adaptable, compliant, yielding, pliable, easily led, tractable, biddable, persuadable, influenceable Additional synonymsDefinition content to endure something unpleasant He gave a resigned smile. Synonyms stoical, patient, subdued, long-suffering, compliant, submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, unprotesting Definition easy to control, manage, or deal with He could easily manage his tractable younger brother. Synonyms manageable, obedient, compliant, willing, yielding, tame, amenable, submissive, docile, controllable, biddable, persuadable, governable Definition compliant or submissive His personality was sometimes prickly, sometimes yielding. Synonyms submissive, obedient, compliant, docile, easy (informal), flexible, accommodating, pliant, tractable, acquiescent, biddable |