Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Submissive has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
One who submits to a dominant partner in sexual practices.
"After discussing their boundaries, she agreed to take on the submissive role during their intimate time together."
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"
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
"a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"
"she has become submissive and subservient"
Meekly obedient or passive.
"He remained submissive to his father's strict rules, never daring to voice a single disagreement."