Synonyms for submissive
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
- adj. 2
Desiring or engaging in sexual submission.
Related words
- Word family
- submissively submissiveness submit
Example sentences
- meek Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- obedient I doubt very seriously that Tom will be obedient.
- docile That the sheep be docile is in the wolf's interest.
- subservient Tom made his wife subservient to his needs.
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- cowed In the end, her glare cowed him into submission.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| submissive | rising | |
| meek | rising | |
| obedient | steady | |
| docile | rising | |
| subservient | steady | |
| timid | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- easy2, soft1, tame1, meek1
- 5 letters
- loyal2, timid2, cowed1
- 6 letters
- humble2, abject2, docile2, supple2, pliant2
- 7 letters
- patient2, passive2, subdued2, dutiful3, servile2, slavish2
- 8 letters
- resigned2, yielding2, obedient4, amenable4, biddable3
- 9 letters
- compliant3, tractable3, henpecked2
- 10 letters
- obsequious4, spiritless
- 11 letters
- subservient4, acquiescent4, unresisting
- 13 letters
- uncomplaining
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- soumis
- Italiano
- sottomesso
- Deutsch
- Untertan