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Meaning of Submissive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
səbˈmɪsɪv

Definitions

  1. One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.
  2. One who submits.
    rare

Equivalents

العربية تمسكن خاضع مطيع
Azərbaycanca müti
Беларуская пако́рлівы
Български смирен
Bosanski muti
Čeština poddajný Pokorný submisivní
Dansk lydig underdanig
Deutsch demütig fügsam gefügig Gehorsam Sub submissiv unterwürfig
Ελληνικά υποτακτικός
Esperanto cedema
Español sumisa sumiso
Suomi alistuja alistuva nöyrä
Français passif Soumis soumise
Hrvatski muti
Bahasa Indonesia submisif
Italiano sottona sottone
日本語 M (M) 怗 服従的な
Kurdî îro îro
Latina obnoxius summissus
Te Reo Māori iro iroiro
Македонски покорен
Nederlands onderdanig
Polski pokorny uległy
Português submissivo submisso
Română docil supus umil
Русский покорный послушный смире́нный
Српски muti
Svenska lydig underdånig undergiven
Türkçe itaatkâr itaatli teslimiyetçi
Українська покірний

Examples

“These "submissives" continued to go along as near as possible following the old routine of their lives and did no overt act to annoy any of the parties of whites that persisted in traveling through their country.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Submissively Submissiveness submissivity submissness Submit Submits

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