submissive
adjective
1. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
- submissive servants
- a submissive reply
- replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
Similar word(s): unassertive, abject, bowed, bowing, meek, spiritless, cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, dominated, henpecked, obedient, humble, subordinate
2. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
- she has become submissive and subservient
Similar word(s): servile, slavish, subservient
noun
1. one who submits