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- pronunciation:
- sb
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sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile.
He was a harsh man and his children had learned to be submissive.- synonyms:
- docile, meek, nonresistant, passive, tractable, yielding
- antonyms:
- bossy, defiant, insubordinate, rebellious
- similar words:
- compliant, deferential, humble, obedient, servile, slavish, subservient, tame, unassertive
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related words: |
amenable, lawful, meek, obsequious, pliable, respectful, soft |
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derivations: |
submissively (adv.), submissiveness (n.) |
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