Submissive
1Submissive — Sub*mis sive, a. 1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one s inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. [1913 Webster] Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Showing a… …
2submissive — index malleable, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, powerless …
3submissive — (adj.) 1580s, inclined to submit, from L. submiss , pp. stem of submittere (see SUBMISSION (Cf. submission)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness …
4submissive — *tame, subdued Analogous words: docile, tractable, amenable, biddable, *obedient: meek, lowly, *humble: *subservient, servile, slavish, menial Antonyms: rebellious …
5submissive — [adj] compliant abject, accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving in*, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedient …
6submissive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ meekly obedient or passive. DERIVATIVES submissively adverb submissiveness noun …
7submissive — [səb mis′iv] adj. [< L submissus, pp. of submittere (see SUBMIT) + IVE] having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding submissively adv. submissiveness n …
8Submissive — Submissiveness is the incidence or trait of yielding to the expressed will of another person or some display of force. It can be found in everyday human interaction. Submissiveness can be a benign aspect of the social fabric, or it may be part of …
9submissive — submissively, adv. submissiveness, n. /seuhb mis iv/, adj. 1. inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants. 2. marked by or indicating submission: a submissive reply. [1580 90; SUBMISS + IVE] Syn. 1.… …
10submissive — adj. submissive to * * * [səb mɪsɪv] submissive to …
11submissive — [[t]səbmɪ̱sɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive. Syn: passive Ant: assertive Derived words: submissively ADV GRADED The troops submissively laid down their… …
12submissive — adjective Date: 1575 submitting to others < submissive employees > • submissively adverb • submissiveness noun …
13submissive — 1. noun one who submits 2. adjective Meekly obedient or passive. The powerful managers for government were not sufficiently submissive to the pleasure of the possessors of immediate and personal favour, sometimes from a confidence in their own… …
14submissive — sub·mis·sive səb mis iv adj characterized by tendencies to yield to the will or authority of others <bullying usually involves a stronger, more dominant personality coercing a weaker, more submissive personality (S. W. Twemlow )(et al)>… …
15submissive — sub|mis|sive [səbˈmısıv] adj always willing to obey someone and never disagreeing with them, even if they are unkind to you ≠ ↑assertive ▪ In those days women were expected to be quiet and submissive. >submissively adv >submissiveness n [U] …
16submissive — sub|mis|sive [ səb mısıv ] adjective willing to do what other people tell you to do without arguing: His mother was a meek and submissive woman. ╾ sub|mis|sive|ly adverb ╾ sub|mis|sive|ness noun uncount …
17submissive — adjective always willing to obey someone even if they are unkind to you: Martin expects his wife to be meek and submissive. submissively adverb submissiveness noun (U) …
18submissive — adjective she s far from being a submissive woman Syn: compliant, yielding, acquiescent, unassertive, passive, obedient, biddable, dutiful, docile, pliant; informal under someone s thumb …
19submissive — UK [səbˈmɪsɪv] / US adjective willing to do what other people tell you to do without arguing His mother was a meek and submissive woman. Derived words: submissively adverb submissiveness noun uncountable …
20submissive — /səbˈmɪsɪv / (say suhb misiv) adjective 1. inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient. 2. marked by or indicating submission: a submissive reply. –submissively, adverb –submissiveness, noun …
