Submissive
1Submissive — Sub*mis sive, a. 1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one s inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. [1913 Webster] Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Showing a… …
2submissive — index malleable, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, powerless …
3submissive — (adj.) 1580s, inclined to submit, from L. submiss , pp. stem of submittere (see SUBMISSION (Cf. submission)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness …
4submissive — *tame, subdued Analogous words: docile, tractable, amenable, biddable, *obedient: meek, lowly, *humble: *subservient, servile, slavish, menial Antonyms: rebellious …
5submissive — [adj] compliant abject, accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving in*, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedient …
6submissive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ meekly obedient or passive. DERIVATIVES submissively adverb submissiveness noun …
7submissive — [səb mis′iv] adj. [< L submissus, pp. of submittere (see SUBMIT) + IVE] having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding submissively adv. submissiveness n …
8Submissive — Submissiveness is the incidence or trait of yielding to the expressed will of another person or some display of force. It can be found in everyday human interaction. Submissiveness can be a benign aspect of the social fabric, or it may be part of …
9submissive — submissively, adv. submissiveness, n. /seuhb mis iv/, adj. 1. inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants. 2. marked by or indicating submission: a submissive reply. [1580 90; SUBMISS + IVE] Syn. 1.… …
10submissive — adj. submissive to * * * [səb mɪsɪv] submissive to …
