Associations to the word «Submissive»

Wiktionary

SUBMISSIVE, noun. One who submits
SUBMISSIVE, adjective. Meekly obedient or passive.

Dictionary definition

SUBMISSIVE, adjective. 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".
SUBMISSIVE, adjective. 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".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche