submissive as in 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"
submissive as in 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"
Synonyms
- slavishblindly imitative; abjectly submissive
- subservientcompliant and obedient to authority; serving or acting as a means or aid; abjectly submissive