Synonyms and Antonyms of submissive
- it's not in her nature to be submissive
acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable
fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient
decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly
constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained
controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, tractable, trainable
dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding
uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild
balky, defiant, perverse, resistant
bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty
disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude