English Explanatory Dictionary

submissive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
  2. Desiring or engaging in sexual submission.
noun
  1. One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.
  2. One who submits.

Pronunciation

/səbˈmɪsɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-submissive.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-submissive.wav

Word forms

submissive more submissive most submissive submissives

Synonyms

biddable docile meek slavish timid obedient subservient cowed sub

Antonyms

dominant domineering defiant rebellious dominatrix dominator dom

Related words

submit

Derived words

finsub insubmissive nonsubmissive submissively submissiveness unsubmissive
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