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Synonyms for submissive
adj compliant- accommodating
- deferential
- dutiful
- meek
- obedient
- passive
- abject
- acquiescent
- amenable
- bowing down
- comformable
- complying
- docile
- domesticated
- giving-in
- humble
- ingratiating
- lowly
- malleable
- menial
- nonresistant
- nonresisting
- obeisant
- obeying
- obsequious
- patient
- pliable
- pliant
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subdued
- tame
- tractable
- uncomplaining
- unresisting
- yes
- yielding
Antonyms for submissive
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adjective. hopeless and downtrodden
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adjective. regretting, remorseful
- abashed
- apologetic
- bashful
- blushing
- chagrined
- compunctious
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- crestfallen
- debased
- demeaned
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- distraught
- distressed
- embarrassed
- flustered
- guilty
- hesitant
- humble
- humbled
- humiliated
- meek
- mortified
- muddled
- penitent
- regretful
- reluctant
- repentant
- shamed
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shy
- sorry
- stammering
- stuttering
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biddable
adjective. obedient
complaisant
adjective. agreeable
compliant
adjective. obedient
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.