| Main Entry: |
submissive |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
compliant |
Synonyms: |
abject,
accommodating, acquiescent,
amenable, bowing down, comformable, complying, deferential,
docile, domesticated, dutiful, giving-in,
humble, ingratiating, lowly,
malleable,
meek,
menial, nonresistant, nonresisting,
obedient, obeisant, obeying,
obsequious,
passive,
patient,
pliable, pliant,
resigned,
servile, slavish,
subdued,
tame, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting,
yes*,
yielding
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Antonyms: |
disobedient, fighting, intractable, resistant, unyielding
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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