submissive
adjective
[ səbˈmɪsɪv ]
• ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive.
• "a submissive, almost sheeplike people"
Similar:
compliant,
yielding,
malleable,
acquiescent,
accommodating,
amenable,
tractable,
manageable,
unassertive,
non-resisting,
passive,
obedient,
biddable,
dutiful,
duteous,
docile,
ductile,
pliant,
meek,
timid,
mild,
patient,
resigned,
forbearing,
subdued,
humble,
self-effacing,
spiritless,
deferential,
obsequious,
servile,
slavish,
self-abasing,
spineless,
grovelling,
lamblike,
supine,
bootlicking,
under someone's thumb,
resistless,
longanimous,
Origin:
late 16th century: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive .
