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submissive

[suhb-mis-iv] / səbˈmɪs ɪv /
ADJECTIVE
compliant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accommodating deferential dutiful meek obedient passive
WEAK
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
STRONGEST
disobedient immodest
WEAK
fighting intractable resistant unyielding

Example Sentences

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Its subtitle, about awakening and survival, underlines Mrie’s trajectory from submissive daughter to political actor and skilled observer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

But I don’t think most people are being willfully submissive to tech, only that they seek beauty in the wrong places.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Judges in places like Massachusetts were customarily paid by appropriation of the colonial legislature, which could withhold or delay payment to judges thought too submissive to British interests.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025

The eye-popping sum had sparked criticism and raised concerns that the board of Tesla was too submissive and close to Mr Musk.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024

It made me more quiet and more submissive.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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