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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination |
| examples | submissive servants a submissive reply replacing troublemakers with more submissive people |
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| Also see | humble; obedient; subordinate; unassertive |
| Derivationally related form | submissive → submissiveness; submissive → submit; submissive → submit |
| Antonym | submissive → domineering |
| Similar to | abject; bowed, bowing; meek, spiritless; cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy; dominated, henpecked |
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| Also see | unassertive; obedient; subordinate |
| Antonym | domineering → submissive |
| Similar to | abject; bowed, bowing; meek, spiritless; cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy; dominated, henpecked |
| Derivationally related form | submissiveness → submissive; submit → submissive; submit → submissive |
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