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submissive

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Synonyms & Antonyms of submissive

readily giving in to the command or authority of another

it's not in her nature to be submissive

Synonyms for submissive

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

Words Related to submissive

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,
trainable

gentle,
meek,
mild

Near Antonyms for submissive

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

Antonyms for submissive

balky,
contrary,
contumacious,
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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