submissive

submissive is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
2. adjective. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
3. adjective. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

   "submissive servants"

   "a submissive reply"

4. adjective. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant- S.H.Adams

   "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"

   "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"

   Synonyms: slavish, subservient

Synonyms

slavish, subservient

Common word forms

submissively, submissiveness

Words from these letters

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