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submissive

/ submissive /
adjective/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective Sense 1
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"
Similar:
abject bowed bowing cringing groveling grovelling wormlike wormy
Opposites:
domineering
See also:
humble obedient subordinate unassertive
adjective satellite Sense 2
willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
Similar:
subordinate
adjective satellite Sense 3
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"
Similar:
servile
Semantic Complexity
59%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
20
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abject bowed bowing cringing groveling grovelling wormlike wormy domineering subordinate servile