Synonyms for Submissive

Synonyms for "submissive" (213 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (43)

abject abused accepting accommodating accordant acquiescent acquiescing adaptable adapting adaptive adjustable adjusting affirmative agreeable agreed agreeing amenable approving ass-kissing assentatious

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assenting base bendable bending biddable bow bring browbeaten brown-nosing capitulate cave complaisant compliable compliant complying conceding concessive conformable conforming

Verb(1 words)

acquiesced

Noun(3 words)

acquiescent compliantcompliant person

Strong matches (64)

consentient consenting content defer deferential deliver devoted docile domestic domesticated downtrod downtrodden ductile duteous dutiful eager easy elastic endorsing extensible

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extensile fabricable facile faithful favorable fawning feminine fictile flexible flexile flexuous formable formative givingground downgrovellinghand inhenpecked humble humble-minded humble-spirited humblehearted impressible impressionablein leading stringsingratiating knuckleknuckle underlaw abidinglaw-abidinglike puttylimber lissome lithe

Verb(3 words)

cowered curtseyed genuflected

Noun(7 words)

cowering cringing curtseyingdownward gazegenuflecting grovelling kneeling

Related words (106)

lithesome loyal malleable manageable mean meek meek-minded meek-spirited meekhearted menial mild misused moldable nondissenting nonopposing nonresistant nonresisting nonresistivenothing loathobedient

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Noun(9 words)

masochists obedientobedient personpassive subordinate subservient tractable vassal yielding

Adjective(5 words)

meek personmeekest sheeplike slavish subservient

Verb(1 words)

overawed

Adjective(1 words)

shy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

6 entries

adjectivebehavioral descriptorbehavioral traitdescriptor person trait

More specific

11 entries

acquiescent compliantcompliant studentdociledocile workermeek obedientobedient childpassive suggestible yielding

Collocations

7 entries

submissive attitudesubmissive behaviorsubmissive childsubmissive partnersubmissive rolesubmissive stancesubmissive tendency

Inflections

3 entries

more submissivemost submissivesubmissives

Derivations

2 entries

submissively submissiveness

Antonyms

1 entries

domineering

similar

17 entries

abject bowed bowing cringing dominated groveling grovelling henpecked humble meek obedient servile spiritless subordinate unassertive wormlike

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Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (281784)

She has a submissive personality.

Source: tatoeba (2321283)

Tom is obedient, almost submissive.

Source: tatoeba (3723586)

Tom really is submissive, isn't he?

Source: tatoeba (3730440)

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Submissive