Submissive, a.
- 1. Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile, compliant, amenable.
- 2. Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering, passive.
- 3. Humble, meek, lowly.
Submissiveness, n.
- 1. Pliancy, docility.
- 2. Obedience, submission, resignation, compliance, passiveness, non-resistance.
- 3. Humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness, self-abasement.
Submit, v. a.
- 1. Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up.
- 2. Refer, commit.
Submit, v. n.
- 1. Yield, surrender, succumb.
- 2. Yield, surrender, succumb, give up, knock under, lower one’s flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble
pie, draw in one’s horns.
- 3. Be subject.
Submit to. Endure, tolerate, put up with, bear with, reconcile one’s self to, be reconciled to, make the best of.
Subordinate, a. Inferior, subservient, subject, ancillary, minor, secondary.
Subordinate, n.
- 1. Inferior, dependant.
- 2. Inferior, subject, subservient.