submissive (B1)
adjective
Pronunciation: /səbˈmɪsɪv/
Definition
Ready and willing to submit to the authority or will of others; obedient or compliant.
Examples
The company culture expected employees to be submissive to their superiors.
He had a submissive personality and rarely voiced his own opinions.
The training program aimed to make the horses more submissive to the rider's commands.
How to Use submissive
- submissive to (prepositional phrase)
- Yielding to the authority or control of someone or something. — "Children are often taught to be submissive to their parents."
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