Submissive is an English word with synonyms like abject or obedient. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Submissive meaning
Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
Synonyms of Submissive
Using Submissive
- The main meaning on this page is: Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
- Useful related words include: abject, obedient, humble, henpecked.
- In the example corpus, submissive often appears in combinations such as: and submissive, the submissive, submissive to.
Context around Submissive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Submissive
- In this selection, "submissive" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dominant, conventionally, say, role, relationship and party stand out and add context to how "submissive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dominant submissive relationship and am not submissive or i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "submissive" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with submissive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Oh, how I hate that word ‘submissive’ with passion now. (10 words)
This way you get someone who’s submissive, fawning and obedient. (11 words)
It implies a physical or metaphorical crouching position, indicating a submissive or fearful response. (14 words)
She said, “Woh film bahot zyada chali nahin thi par maine bahot mehnat ki thi (That film didn’t do well but I had worked really hard for the role) because if you see the role is nothing like me in real because she is very submissive. (47 words)
But at this point erasing people of color is as much of a choice as the writers’ co-opting of images connected to black and Latinx visions of pain and resistance, or choosing to cast a black actor in an entirely submissive role. (43 words)
I am drama queen when it comes to everywhere that is when I am on set or off set because I don’t like to be cheated but that does not mean I am not submissive or I can’t be tamed. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bos went by the name 'hedonistic siren' and Heron, who went by the name 'slave pinto', had quickly embarked on a dominant/submissive relationship.
It implies a physical or metaphorical crouching position, indicating a submissive or fearful response.
It involves a dominant party, who gets sexual pleasure from dominating ( by tying up, restraining, gagging, whipping, etc.) a submissive party.
The Disney+ series will inevitably be steamy, but the author told that male characters are too often depicted as 'submissive', while women are 'so bossy'.
Allan was searching on the gay dating app Grindr, but Brister was aware of the plan which involved seeking a "submissive".
Overturning the conventionally submissive role of the model, the works in the exhibition are curated by the model, and in some cases produced by her from archived photoshoots handed over by the artists.
She said, “Woh film bahot zyada chali nahin thi par maine bahot mehnat ki thi (That film didn’t do well but I had worked really hard for the role) because if you see the role is nothing like me in real because she is very submissive.
The girl, from a young age, was expected to take on the role of a submissive female - akin to that of a traditional 1950s wife.
When someone is a “simp” for another person, it means they’re submissive and generally sucking up to them.
Conquerors such as the Romans in Britain or the Mongols in China first massacred local people who were not yet “immune”—that is to say, submissive.
Oh, how I hate that word ‘submissive’ with passion now.
This obsession with telling us how to look, and turning us from normal humans into submissive, mouthless flock animals all decked out in a compulsory uniform is, in my view, part of an unprecedented assault on our personal liberty in general.
When she comes to, perhaps Marlena will finally be as submissive as Stefano was counting on.
As noted above, we do it so that each child will fit into our model of ‘the perfect citizen’: that is, obedient and hardworking student, reliable and pliant employee/soldier, and submissive law-abiding citizen.
Bryan alleges a student once came to school in blackface makeup dressed as Aunt Jemima, a caricature of “a devoted and submissive plantation slave” depicted on a line of pancake syrup and breakfast foods put out by The Quaker Oats Company.
But at this point erasing people of color is as much of a choice as the writers’ co-opting of images connected to black and Latinx visions of pain and resistance, or choosing to cast a black actor in an entirely submissive role.
I am drama queen when it comes to everywhere that is when I am on set or off set because I don’t like to be cheated but that does not mean I am not submissive or I can’t be tamed.
Sarah describes herself as a “switch” — a term used in the kink community to describe a person who can be either dominant or submissive, depending on their mood.
This way you get someone who’s submissive, fawning and obedient.
Through the glass windows, we could see much deferential nodding, submissive bows and polite conversation with the dethroned Mr and Mrs Shah.
Common combinations with submissive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and submissive 10×
- the submissive 8×
- submissive to 7×
- submissive and 6×
- or submissive 4×
- submissive roles 4×
- submissive role 4×
- as submissive 3×
- submissive as 3×
- submissive relationship 2×