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submissive

adjective

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Senses

Sense 1 adjective

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

submissive servants

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Sense 2 adjective

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

slavish devotion to her job ruled her life

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 also see Related & opposite unassertive
1 also see Related & opposite obedient
1 also see Related & opposite humble
1 also see Related & opposite subordinate
1 antonym Related & opposite domineering
1 derivation Related & opposite submissiveness
1 derivation Related & opposite accede
1 derivation Related & opposite submit
1 similar to Related & opposite abject
1 similar to Related & opposite bowing
1 similar to Related & opposite spiritless
1 similar to Related & opposite cringing
1 similar to Related & opposite henpecked
2 derivation Related & opposite submissiveness
2 derivation Related & opposite obsequiousness
2 derivation Related & opposite subservientness
2 derivation Related & opposite submit
2 similar to Related & opposite servile