Submissive

Synonyms for "submissive" (197 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
biddable
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(2 words)
coweddocile

Related words (98)

Adjective(2 words)
slavishsubservient
Noun(1 words)
sub

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Translations

88 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • خَاضِع adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müti adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пако́рлівы adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • покорен adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • смирен adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 服從的 /服从的 adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Czech

3 entries
  • poddajný adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • pokorný adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • submisivní adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Danish

2 entries
  • lydig adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • underdanig adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Dutch

1 entries
  • onderdanig adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • cedema adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • submetiĝema adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • subulo noun (person submitting to a partner)

Faroese

4 entries
  • eftirgevin adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • eyðmjúkur adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • lýðin adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • undirbrotligur adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alistuva adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • nöyrtyvä adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • nöyrä adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • nöyrästi myöntyvä adj (meekly obedient or passive)

French

4 entries
  • soumis adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • passif noun (person submitting to a partner)
  • soumis noun (person submitting to a partner)
  • soumise noun (person submitting to a partner)

German

4 entries
  • demütig adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • fügsam adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • gefügig adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • gehorsam adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Greek

1 entries
  • υποτακτικός adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כָּנוּעַ adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • כָּנוּעַ noun (person submitting to a partner)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • submisif adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Italian

2 entries
  • sottona adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • sottone adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Japanese

2 entries
  • M (M) adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • 服従的な adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Latin

2 entries
  • obnoxius adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • summissus adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • покорен adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Manx

1 entries
  • beasagh adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Māori

2 entries
  • iro adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • iroiro adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Navajo

1 entries
  • hoołtsoodii adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Old English

1 entries
  • bēogol adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Old Swedish

3 entries
  • lȳdhoger adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • undirdānogher adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • undirgivin adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ذلیل adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Polish

3 entries
  • pokorny adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • uległy adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • uległy noun (person submitting to a partner)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • submissivo adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • submisso adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Romanian

3 entries
  • docil adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • supus adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • umil adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Russian

3 entries
  • поко́рный adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • послу́шный adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • смире́нный adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pokoran adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • покоран adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Slovak

1 entries
  • submisívny adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Spanish

3 entries
  • sumiso adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • sumisa noun (person submitting to a partner)
  • sumiso noun (person submitting to a partner)

Swedish

3 entries
  • lydig adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • underdånig adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • undergiven adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Turkish

4 entries
  • boyun eğen adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • itaatkâr adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • itaatli adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • teslîmiyetçi adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • покірний adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • podwólny adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • pokorny adj (meekly obedient or passive)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אונטערגעוואָרפֿן adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • ניכנעדיק adj (meekly obedient or passive)
  • אונטערגעוואָרפֿענע noun (person submitting to a partner)
  • אונטערגעוואָרפֿענער noun (person submitting to a partner)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The idea that Japanese women are submissive and always obedient to their husbands is a lie.

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She has a submissive personality.

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Tom is obedient, almost submissive.

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Tom really is submissive, isn't he?

Source: tatoeba (3730440)

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