SUBMISSIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
   Usage Example(s)
   • submissive servants
   • a submissive reply
   • replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
   Antonym(s)
   • domineering (what does domineering mean?)
   Similar To
   • abject (what does abject mean?)
   • bowed (what does bowed mean?)
   • bowing (what does bowing mean?)
   • cringing (what does cringing mean?)
   • groveling (what does groveling mean?)
   • grovelling (what does grovelling mean?)
   • wormlike (what does wormlike mean?)
   • wormy (what does wormy mean?)
   • dominated (what does dominated mean?)
   • henpecked (what does henpecked mean?)
   • compliant (what does compliant mean?)
   • meek (what does meek mean?)
   • spiritless (what does spiritless mean?)
   See Also
   • humble (what does humble mean?)
   • obedient (what does obedient mean?)
   • subordinate (what does subordinate mean?)
   • unassertive (what does unassertive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • abjectly submissive
   • characteristic of a slave or servant
   Synonym(s)
   • slavish (what does slavish mean?)
   • subservient (what does subservient mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
   • a slavish yes-man to the party bosses- S.H.Adams
   • she has become submissive and subservient
   Similar To
   • servile (what does servile mean?)
3. Meaning
   • willing to submit without resistance to authority
   • deferent
   Similar To
   • subordinate (what does subordinate mean?)