a. | 1. | Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. |
2. | Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; |
Adj. | 1. | submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" Antonyms: domineering - tending to domineer |
2. | submissive - willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent | |
3. | submissive - abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" Synonyms: slavish, subservient |