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sub-missive
adjective as in lowly
adjective as in malleable
adjective as in manageable
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adjective as in meek
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adjective as in mild
Weak matches
- amiable
- clement
- compassionate
- complaisant
- deferential
- docile
- dull
- easy
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
- indulgent
- insipid
- jejune
- kind
- lenient
- meek
- merciful
- mild-mannered
- obeisant
- obliging
- pacific
- patient
- peaceable
- placid
- serene
- spiritless
- submissive
- subservient
- tender
- unassuming
- vapid
adjective as in ashamed
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adjective as in obsequious
Weak matches
- abject
- beggarly
- brown-nosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
adjective as in orderly
adjective as in passive
adjective as in patient
Strong matches
adjective as in pliable
adjective as in prostrate
adjective as in resigned
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in respectful
adjective as in servile
adjective as in spineless
adjective as in spiritless
Weak matches
- apathetic
- blah
- blue
- broken
- cast down
- dejected
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- dopey
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- draggy
- drippy
- droopy
- dull
- enervated
- flat
- flat tire
- inanimate
- indifferent
- lackadaisical
- lackluster
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lifeless
- limp
- listless
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- mopy
- slothful
- subdued
- submissive
- tame
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unmoved
- zero
adjective as in subdued
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adjective as in subject
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in submissive
Strongest matches
adjective as in subordinate
Strong matches
adjective as in subservient
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in tame
Strong matches
adjective as in timid
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in tractable
adjective as in yielding
adjective as in cringing
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in governable
Weak matches
adjective as in groveling
Weak matches
adjective as in henpecked
adjective as in slavish
Weak matches
adjective as in wormlike
Weak matches
adjective as in compliant
Weak matches
adjective as in slavish
adjective as in acquiescent
adjective as in biddable
adjective as in moldable
adjective as in rulable
adjective as in unwashed
adjective as in complaisant
adjective as in abject
adjective as in conformable
adjective as in deferential
adjective as in domestic
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in dutiful
adjective as in easy
Weak matches
- accommodating
- amenable
- benign
- biddable
- charitable
- clement
- compassionate
- compliant
- condoning
- deceivable
- deludable
- dupable
- easygoing
- excusing
- exploitable
- fleeceable
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- gullible
- humoring
- indulgent
- kindly
- lax
- lenient
- liberal
- light
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- mollycoddling
- naive
- pampering
- pardoning
- spoiling
- submissive
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- temperate
- tractable
- trusting
- unburdensome
- unoppressive
- unsuspicious
adjective as in fawning
adjective as in gutless
adjective as in humble
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adjective as in lowly
adjective as in malleable
adjective as in manageable
Strongest matches
adjective as in meek
Strongest matches
adjective as in mild
Weak matches
- amiable
- clement
- compassionate
- complaisant
- deferential
- docile
- dull
- easy
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
- indulgent
- insipid
- jejune
- kind
- lenient
- meek
- merciful
- mild-mannered
- obeisant
- obliging
- pacific
- patient
- peaceable
- placid
- serene
- spiritless
- submissive
- subservient
- tender
- unassuming
- vapid
adjective as in ashamed
Strongest matches
adjective as in obsequious
Weak matches
- abject
- beggarly
- brown-nosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
adjective as in orderly
adjective as in passive
adjective as in patient
Strong matches
adjective as in pliable
adjective as in prostrate
adjective as in resigned
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in respectful
adjective as in servile
adjective as in spineless
adjective as in spiritless
Weak matches
- apathetic
- blah
- blue
- broken
- cast down
- dejected
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- dopey
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- draggy
- drippy
- droopy
- dull
- enervated
- flat
- flat tire
- inanimate
- indifferent
- lackadaisical
- lackluster
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lifeless
- limp
- listless
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- mopy
- slothful
- subdued
- submissive
- tame
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unmoved
- zero
adjective as in subdued
Strongest matches
adjective as in subject
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in submissive
Strongest matches
adjective as in subordinate
Strong matches
adjective as in subservient
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in tame
Strong matches
adjective as in timid
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in tractable
adjective as in yielding
adjective as in cringing
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in governable
Weak matches
adjective as in groveling
Weak matches
adjective as in henpecked
adjective as in slavish
Weak matches
adjective as in wormlike
Weak matches
adjective as in compliant
Weak matches
adjective as in slavish
adjective as in acquiescent
adjective as in biddable
adjective as in moldable
adjective as in rulable
adjective as in unwashed
adjective as in complaisant
adjective as in abject
adjective as in conformable
adjective as in deferential
adjective as in domestic
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in dutiful
adjective as in easy
Weak matches
- accommodating
- amenable
- benign
- biddable
- charitable
- clement
- compassionate
- compliant
- condoning
- deceivable
- deludable
- dupable
- easygoing
- excusing
- exploitable
- fleeceable
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- gullible
- humoring
- indulgent
- kindly
- lax
- lenient
- liberal
- light
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- mollycoddling
- naive
- pampering
- pardoning
- spoiling
- submissive
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- temperate
- tractable
- trusting
- unburdensome
- unoppressive
- unsuspicious
adjective as in fawning
adjective as in gutless
adjective as in humble
Strongest matches
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On this page you'll find 1566 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sub-missive, such as: humble, average, base, baseborn, cast down, and common.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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