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submissive
adjective sub·mis·sive \-ˈmi-siv\
: willing to obey someone else
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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)
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SUBMISSIVENESS Defined for Kids
submissive
adjective sub·mis·sive \səb-ˈmi-siv\
Definition of SUBMISSIVE for Kids
: willing to give in to others
— sub·mis·sive·ly adverb
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submissive
adjective sub·mis·sive \səb-ˈmis-iv\
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
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