as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
it's not in her nature to be submissive
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Recent Examples of submissive
Alice is Zoey’s domme — the dominant partner in the relationship — and Zoey is the sub, or submissive.
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Kayla Levy, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2024
The story painted Neeleman as a submissive, perhaps overwhelmed wife to a husband chasing his personal dream of running a ranch and having a large family.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Adherents included conspiracy theorists who claimed fluoridation was a plot to make people submissive to government power.
—Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
And the horse is completely submissive at that point.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kayla Levy, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2024
The story painted Neeleman as a submissive, perhaps overwhelmed wife to a husband chasing his personal dream of running a ranch and having a large family.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Adherents included conspiracy theorists who claimed fluoridation was a plot to make people submissive to government power.
—Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
And the horse is completely submissive at that point.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for submissive
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“Submissive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submissive. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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