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- pronunciation:
- s
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mI
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 |
adverb + (adj.)submissive
neither, sexually, socially, totally
(adj.)submissive
+ noun
authority, behavior, calm, dog, gesture, husband, male, nature, other, partner, posture, role, servant, sex, spirit, subject, subservient, victim, will, woman
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| derivations: |
submissively (adv.), submissiveness (n.) |
The word submissive
contains the following part:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
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