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- Dictionarysubmissive/səbˈmɪsɪv/
adjective
- 1. ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive: "a submissive, almost sheeplike people"
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Submissive means allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
To be submissive is to obey or yield to someone else. When you are submissive, you submit to someone else's will, which literally, you put your own desires lower than theirs. You can see this in the Latin root of submit, submittere , which is formed by sub- "under" + mittere "send, put."
Submissive means inclined or willing to submit to others, or yielding to their will or authority. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related terms for submissive.
Submissive means allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from various sources.
If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. Some doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms: meek , passive , obedient , compliant More Synonyms of submissive
Definition of submissive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Submissive means inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another, or marked by or indicating submission or a yielding to the authority of another. Learn more about the word history, derived forms, and usage examples of submissive in different contexts.
