Adjective: submissive sub'mi-siv
- Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
"replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"
- Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"she has become submissive and subservient";
- slavish, subservient
See also: abject, bowed[2], bowing, cringing, dominated, groveling [US], grovelling [Brit, Cdn], henpecked [informal], humble, meek, obedient, servile, spiritless, subordinate, unassertive, wormlike, wormy
Antonym: domineering
Encyclopedia: Submissive