submissive

1. Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination (synset 300792376)
   "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
   also:

   • unassertive - inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence
   • obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
   • humble - marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
   • subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
   similar to:

   • abject - showing humiliation or submissiveness
   • bowed, bowing - showing an excessively deferential manner
   • meek, spiritless - evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
   • cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy - totally submissive
   • dominated, henpecked - harassed by persistent nagging
2. Abjectly submissive;
   Characteristic of a slave or servant (synset 300794246)
   "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"; "she has become submissive and subservient"
   similar to: servile - submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
   same as: slavish, subservient

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