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submissive |
Grep of noun submissive submissiveness Overview of adj submissive The adj submissive has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) submissive -- (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") 2. submissive -- (willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent) 3. slavish, subservient, submissive -- (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") Antonyms of adj submissive 3 senses of submissive Sense 1 submissive (vs. domineering) domineering (vs. submissive) => authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing => autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory => blustery, bullying => cavalier, high-handed => heavy-handed, roughshod => imperious, masterful => oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous Sense 2 submissive INDIRECT (VIA subordinate) -> insubordinate Sense 3 slavish, subservient, submissive INDIRECT (VIA servile) -> unservile, unsubmissive Similarity of adj submissive 3 senses of submissive Sense 1 submissive (vs. domineering) => abject => bowed, bowing => cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy => dominated, henpecked => compliant, meek, spiritless Also See-> humble#2; obedient#1; subordinate#2; unassertive#1 Sense 2 submissive => subordinate (vs. insubordinate) Sense 3 slavish, subservient, submissive => servile (vs. unservile) Attributes of adj submissive Familiarity of adj submissive submissive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj submissive submissive unsubmissive Overview of adj submissive The adj submissive has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) submissive -- (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") 2. submissive -- (willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent) 3. slavish, subservient, submissive -- (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")
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