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Synonyms & Antonyms for submissive
Synonyms
amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, obedient, tractable
Antonyms
balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)
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The patient was respectfully obedient and submissive, and often little-involved in decisions about their health. — Maria Danilova, Harper's magazine, "Alternative Medicine," 28 Aug. 2019 Samara Weaving in particular delivers a standout performance as Grace—a role that requires her to be, in turn, sweetly submissive, shocked and terrified, and a tough-as-nails badass in a fight for her life. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Review: Pitch-perfect Ready or Not is a sharp and witty blood-soaked delight," 21 Aug. 2019 My vision behind the story was basically creating these two dynamic characters that could switch off between dominant and submissive. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "Bella Thorne directed a film for Pornhub," 14 Aug. 2019 The band maintained that in the home, women should be submissive to their husbands. — Leah Sottile, Longreads, "Chapter Five: The Remnant," 20 July 2019 Such a simple point, an obvious rebuttal to a tired, old stereotype about Muslim women as oppressed and submissive. — Asma Uddin, Teen Vogue, "An Excerpt From ‘When Islam is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom’," 26 May 2019 In this particular scenario, the dominant partner typically pees on the submissive. — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, "A Beginner's Guide to Golden Showers and Piss Play Fetishes," 16 May 2019 Some people are more aroused by the physical aspect of BDSM, like erotic spanking, while others are turned on by the mental component, such as a dominant partner dictating what her submissive partner should wear. — Rachel Kramer Bussel, SELF, "I Suddenly Stopped Being Kinky and I’m Not Sure Why," 1 Mar. 2019 The intimacy of getting close to such an important part of the body is precisely what arouses foot fetishists, especially those who are also submissive. — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, "Everything You've Wanted to Know About Foot Fetishes, But Were Afraid to Ask," 17 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'submissive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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