submissive

sub·mis·sive

adjective \-ˈmi-siv\

Definition of SUBMISSIVE

: submitting to others <submissive employees>

— sub·mis·sive·ly adverb

— sub·mis·sive·ness noun

Examples of SUBMISSIVE

1. <it's not in her nature to be submissive>

First Known Use of SUBMISSIVE

1575

Related to SUBMISSIVE

Synonyms

amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, obedient, tractable

Antonyms

balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)

Related Words

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable; soft, surrendering, yielding; fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient; decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly; constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained; controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, tractable, trainable; gentle, meek, mild

Near Antonyms

insurgent, mutinous; dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding; uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild; balky, defiant, perverse, resistant; bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty; ill-bred, undisciplined; dissident, nonconformist; disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude

Rhymes with SUBMISSIVE

admissive, derisive, dismissive, emissive, permissive, transmissive

sub·mis·sive

adjective \səb-ˈmis-iv\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SUBMISSIVE

: 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>

—sub·mis·sive·ness noun