Synonyms for submissive

Adjective

1. submissive (vs. domineering), abject, bowed, bowing, cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy, dominated, henpecked, compliant, meek, spiritless, humble, obedient, subordinate, unassertive

usage: 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"

2. submissive, subordinate (vs. insubordinate)

usage: willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent

3. slavish, subservient, submissive, servile (vs. unservile)

usage: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"