submissiveUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/səbˈmɪsɪv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/səbˈnɪsɪv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(səb mis′iv) submissive WordReference English Thesaurus © 2026 Sense: Adjective: obedient Synonyms: passive, yielding, obedient, compliant Collocations, docile, acquiescent, tractable, meek Collocations, tame Collocations, unresisting, resigned, obeisant, deferent, downtrodden 🗣️Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: are submissive/ submit to - English Only forum
dominant/submissive interchange - English Only forum Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife - English Only forum submissive subjugation - English Only forum submissive wife - English Only forum Submit vs. be subject to vs. be submissive - English Only forum Too submissive a husband - English Only forum Unassertive=submissive - English Only forum
Translations: Spanish | French | Portuguese | Italian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic |
|