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- [suh b-mis-iv]
- /səbˈmɪs ɪv/
- /səbˈmɪs.ɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [suh b-mis-iv]
- /səbˈmɪs ɪv/
Definitions of submissive word
- adjective submissive inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants. 1
- adjective submissive marked by or indicating submission or an instance of yielding to the authority of another: a submissive reply. 1
- adjective submissive subservient, obedient 1
- adjective submissive indicating submission 1
- noun submissive sb who submits sexually 1
- adjective submissive If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. 0
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Origin of submissive
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; submiss + -ive
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Parts of speech for Submissive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
submissive popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
submissive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for submissive
adj submissive
- abject — You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
adjective submissive
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- complying — Present participle of comply.
- cowed — intimidated; frightened
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- docile — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
Antonyms for submissive
adj submissive
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- adamant — If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
adjective submissive
- egocentric — Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others ; self-centered.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
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