Meaning & Definition of Submissive in English
English⟶
Submissive
/səbmɪsɪv/
adjective
1. 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"
synonym:
- submissive
2. 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"
synonym:
- slavish,
- subservient,
- submissive
Examples of using
The idea that Japanese women are submissive and always obedient to their husbands is a lie.