Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
- 2adjective
Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
- 3adjective
inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
"submissive servants"
"a submissive reply"
- 4adjective
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"
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