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submissive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of submissive

readily giving in to the command or authority of another

It's not in her nature to be submissive.

Synonyms of submissive

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

Words Related to submissive

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, dutiful, obliging, placable

fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient

decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly

controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, trainable

gentle, meek, mild

Near Antonyms of submissive

insurgent, mutinous

dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding

uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild

perverse, resistant

disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty

ill-bred, undisciplined

dissident, nonconformist

disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude

Antonyms of submissive

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

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