submissive

Letters that make submissive

s, b, e, m, i, u, v are letters that make 'submissive'

Words within submissive

sub, Miss, missive, mi, si, miss, MI, BMI, bm, SI, SS, iv, IV, Si, BM are words within 'submissive'


2 possible definitions for 'submissive'

Submissive as "inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination"

Under this definition, submissive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

domineering has the opposite meaning of submissive

Derivatives of submissive

accede, give in, defer, submissiveness, submit, bow are derivatives of 'submissive'.

Similar to submissive

dominated, abject, bowed, bowing, meek, spiritless, cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, henpecked are similar to 'submissive'.

Example of submissive used within this context

"submissive servants", "a submissive reply", "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"


Submissive as "abjectly submissive, characteristic of a slave or servant"

Under this definition, submissive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

slavish, subservient have the same meaning as 'submissive'

Derivatives of submissive

servility, subservience, submissiveness, obsequiousness, subservientness, submit are derivatives of 'submissive'.

Similar to submissive

servile is similar to submissive.

Example of submissive used within this context

"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"



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