Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning to another word. The antonyms for the word "submissive" are assertive, dominant, independent, and self-reliant. Assertive refers to someone who confidently expresses their opinions or desires. Dominant describes someone who exercises control, authority, or influence over others. Independent refers to someone who is able to complete tasks without relying on others for help. Self-reliant describes someone who is self-sufficient and able to take care of themselves without assistance. These words all represent opposite characteristics to submissive, which describes someone who is submissive or obedient to others.

What are the antonyms for Submissive?

• adj.

  • absolute
  • absolutist
  ,
  • de finite
  ,
  • de-finite
  ,
  • ex act
  ,
  • ex-act
  ,
  • in finite
  ,
  • in-fallible
  ,
  • in-finite
  ,
  • more absolutist
  ,
  • most absolutist
  ,
  • no catch
  ,
  • no ifs ands buts
  ,
  • no ifs ands or buts
  ,
  • no joke
  ,
  • no strings attached
  ,
  • out right
  ,
  • out righter
  ,
  • out rightest
  ,
  • out-right
  ,
  • out-righter
  ,
  • pre eminent
  ,
  • pre-eminent
  ,
  • straight out
  ,
  • un abridged
  ,
  • un adulterated
  ,
  • un ambiguous
  ,
  • un conditional
  ,
  • un deniable
  ,
  • un equivocal
  ,
  • un flawed
  ,
  • un mitigated
  ,
  • un qualified
  ,
  • un restricted
  ,
  • un tarnished
  ,
  • un-abridged
  ,
  • un-adulterated
  ,
  • un-blemished
  ,
  • un-conditional
  ,
  • un-deniable
  ,
  • un-equivocal
  ,
  • un-limited
  ,
  • un-mitigated
  ,
  • un-qualified
  ,
  • un-questionable
  ,
  • un-restricted
  ,
  • un-tarnished
  .
  • adamant
  • Unswayable
  ,
  • hard nosed
  ,
  • hard-nosed
  ,
  • hardnosed
  ,
  • immovable
  ,
  • in destructible
  ,
  • in exorable
  ,
  • in-destructible
  ,
  • in-exorable
  ,
  • more hard nosed
  ,
  • more rock hard
  ,
  • more rock-hard
  ,
  • more rockhard
  ,
  • more unswayable
  ,
  • most intransigent
  ,
  • most rock hard
  ,
  • most rock-hard
  ,
  • most unswayable
  ,
  • rock hard
  ,
  • rock-hard
  ,
  • rockhard
  ,
  • set in stone
  ,
  • set stone
  ,
  • stubborn
  ,
  • un bendable
  ,
  • un bending
  ,
  • un compromising
  ,
  • un relenting
  ,
  • un shakable
  ,
  • un swayable
  ,
  • un-bending
  ,
  • un-compromising
  ,
  • un-relenting
  ,
  • un-shakable
  ,
  • un-swayable
  .
  • aggressive, combative
  • militant
  .
  • all
  • domineering
  .
  • authoritarian
  • more disciplinarian
  ,
  • most disciplinarian
  .
  • best, most important; highest
  • top
  .
  • compliant
  • disobedient
  ,
  • fighting
  ,
  • immodest
  ,
  • intractable
  ,
  • resistant
  ,
  • unyielding
  .
  • defiant
  • in solent
  ,
  • in submissive
  ,
  • in subordinate
  ,
  • in-solent
  ,
  • in-submissive
  ,
  • in-subordinate
  ,
  • insubmissive
  ,
  • more challenging
  ,
  • more insubmissive
  ,
  • most challenging
  ,
  • most insubmissive
  ,
  • pro vocative
  ,
  • pro-vocative
  ,
  • reckless
  .
  • determined, strong-willed
  • resolute
  .
  • dictatorial
  • Over-bearing
  ,
  • crack-the-whip
  ,
  • dictative
  ,
  • iron handed
  ,
  • iron-handed
  ,
  • ironhanded
  ,
  • more crack the whip
  ,
  • more crack-the-whip
  ,
  • more dictative
  ,
  • more iron handed
  ,
  • more iron-handed
  ,
  • more ironhanded
  ,
  • most crack the whip
  ,
  • most crack-the-whip
  ,
  • most iron handed
  ,
  • most ironhanded
  ,
  • over bearing
  ,
  • throwing weight around
  .
  • dictatorial, opinionated
  • dogmatic
  .
  • disobedient, disregardful
  • defiant
  .
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinaire
  ,
  • more stiff necked
  ,
  • more stiff-necked
  ,
  • more stiffnecked
  ,
  • most dictative
  ,
  • most stiff necked
  ,
  • most stiff-necked
  ,
  • most stiffnecked
  ,
  • one sided
  ,
  • onesided
  ,
  • stiff necked
  ,
  • stiff-necked
  ,
  • stiffnecked
  ,
  • un realistic
  ,
  • un-realistic
  .
  • dogmatic
  • as a matter course
  ,
  • as a matter of course
  ,
  • as matter course
  ,
  • as matter of course
  ,
  • by fiat
  ,
  • by natural law
  ,
  • by nature
  ,
  • deductive
  ,
  • doctrinal
  ,
  • ex cathedra
  ,
  • ex-cathedra
  ,
  • excathedra
  ,
  • fascistic
  ,
  • high mighty
  ,
  • in evitable
  ,
  • in tolerant
  ,
  • in-evitable
  ,
  • in-tolerant
  ,
  • more deductive
  ,
  • more excathedra
  ,
  • more fascistic
  ,
  • more wrong headed
  ,
  • more wrong-headed
  ,
  • more wrongheaded
  ,
  • most deductive
  ,
  • most doctrinal
  ,
  • most excathedra
  ,
  • most fascistic
  ,
  • most reasoned
  ,
  • most wrong headed
  ,
  • most wrong-headed
  ,
  • most wrongheaded
  ,
  • narrow minded
  ,
  • narrowminded
  ,
  • on faith
  ,
  • peremptory
  ,
  • un changeable
  ,
  • un erring
  ,
  • un-changeable
  ,
  • wrong headed
  ,
  • wrong-headed
  ,
  • wrongheaded
  .
  • dominant
  • fore most
  ,
  • fore-most
  ,
  • more obtaining
  ,
  • more outweighing
  ,
  • more overweighing
  ,
  • more predominate
  ,
  • more surpassing
  ,
  • most obtaining
  ,
  • most outweighing
  ,
  • most overbalancing
  ,
  • most predominate
  ,
  • most surpassing
  ,
  • out weighing
  ,
  • out-weighing
  ,
  • over balancing
  ,
  • over weighing
  ,
  • over-balancing
  ,
  • over-weighing
  ,
  • overbalancing
  ,
  • overweighing
  ,
  • para mount
  ,
  • para-mount
  ,
  • pre dominant
  ,
  • pre dominate
  ,
  • pre siding
  ,
  • pre vailing
  ,
  • pre-dominant
  ,
  • pre-dominate
  ,
  • pre-siding
  ,
  • sur-passing
  .
  • dominant, governing
  • ruling
  .
  • domineering
  • authoritarian
  ,
  • crack the whip
  ,
  • crack whip
  ,
  • high handed
  ,
  • highhanded
  ,
  • in driver seat
  ,
  • in driver's seat
  ,
  • in drivers seat
  ,
  • on high horse
  .
  • egocentric
  • Self-interested
  ,
  • megalomaniac
  ,
  • more individualist
  ,
  • more megalomaniac
  ,
  • more self concerned
  ,
  • more self interested
  ,
  • more self loving
  ,
  • more self-concerned
  ,
  • more self-interested
  ,
  • more self-loving
  ,
  • more selfconcerned
  ,
  • more selfinterested
  ,
  • more selfloving
  ,
  • most individualist
  ,
  • most megalomaniac
  ,
  • most self concerned
  ,
  • most self interested
  ,
  • most self loving
  ,
  • most self-concerned
  ,
  • most self-interested
  ,
  • most self-loving
  ,
  • most selfconcerned
  ,
  • most selfinterested
  ,
  • most selfloving
  ,
  • self absorbed
  ,
  • self centered
  ,
  • self concerned
  ,
  • self indulgent
  ,
  • self interested
  ,
  • self loving
  ,
  • self serving
  ,
  • self-centered
  ,
  • self-concerned
  ,
  • self-loving
  ,
  • selfabsorbed
  ,
  • selfcentered
  ,
  • selfconcerned
  ,
  • selfindulgent
  ,
  • selfinterested
  ,
  • selfloving
  ,
  • selfserving
  ,
  • stuck up
  ,
  • stuckup
  ,
  • wrapped in oneself
  ,
  • wrapped oneself
  ,
  • wrapped up in oneself
  ,
  • wrapped up oneself
  .
  • egotistic/egoistic
  • inner directed
  ,
  • inner-directed
  ,
  • innerdirected
  ,
  • more boasting
  ,
  • more bragging
  ,
  • more inner directed
  ,
  • more inner-directed
  ,
  • more innerdirected
  ,
  • more obsessive
  ,
  • more self admiring
  ,
  • more self-admiring
  ,
  • more selfadmiring
  ,
  • most boasting
  ,
  • most bragging
  ,
  • most inner directed
  ,
  • most inner-directed
  ,
  • most innerdirected
  ,
  • most obsessive
  ,
  • most self admiring
  ,
  • most self-admiring
  ,
  • most selfadmiring
  ,
  • opinionated
  ,
  • personal
  ,
  • self admiring
  ,
  • self important
  ,
  • self-admiring
  ,
  • selfadmiring
  ,
  • stuck on oneself
  ,
  • stuck oneself
  .
  • first
  • first class
  ,
  • first-string
  ,
  • firstclass
  ,
  • firststring
  ,
  • head of the line
  ,
  • head the line
  ,
  • more first string
  ,
  • more first-string
  ,
  • more firststring
  ,
  • more primo
  ,
  • more ranking
  ,
  • most first string
  ,
  • most first-string
  ,
  • most firststring
  ,
  • most primo
  ,
  • most ranking
  ,
  • out standing
  ,
  • out-standing
  ,
  • primo
  ,
  • top flight
  ,
  • top list
  ,
  • top of list
  ,
  • top of the list
  ,
  • top the list
  .
  • hardheaded
  • level headed
  ,
  • more unsentimental
  ,
  • most unsentimental
  ,
  • tough nut
  ,
  • un sentimental
  ,
  • un-sentimental
  ,
  • unsentimental
  .
  • headstrong
  • hard core
  ,
  • hard shell
  ,
  • hardshell
  ,
  • head strong
  ,
  • head-strong
  ,
  • headstrong
  ,
  • in tractable
  ,
  • in-tractable
  ,
  • locked-in
  ,
  • lockedin
  ,
  • more locked in
  ,
  • more locked-in
  ,
  • more lockedin
  ,
  • more murder
  ,
  • more self willed
  ,
  • more self-willed
  ,
  • more selfwilled
  ,
  • more strong minded
  ,
  • more strong-minded
  ,
  • more strongminded
  ,
  • most locked in
  ,
  • most locked-in
  ,
  • most lockedin
  ,
  • most murder
  ,
  • most self willed
  ,
  • most self-willed
  ,
  • most selfwilled
  ,
  • most strong minded
  ,
  • most strong-minded
  ,
  • most strongminded
  ,
  • mule
  ,
  • muler
  ,
  • mulest
  ,
  • pig headed
  ,
  • self willed
  ,
  • self-willed
  ,
  • selfwilled
  ,
  • strong minded
  ,
  • strong-minded
  ,
  • strongminded
  ,
  • un controllable
  ,
  • un governable
  ,
  • un-controllable
  ,
  • un-governable
  .
  • highest in importance
  • first
  .
  • inflexible
  • dyed in the wool
  ,
  • in flexible
  ,
  • in-flexible
  ,
  • more unadaptable
  ,
  • most unadaptable
  ,
  • set in one ways
  ,
  • set in one's ways
  ,
  • set in ones ways
  ,
  • set in ways
  ,
  • set one ways
  ,
  • set one's ways
  ,
  • set ones ways
  ,
  • set ways
  ,
  • single minded
  ,
  • singleminded
  ,
  • stand ground
  ,
  • stand one's ground
  ,
  • stand ones ground
  ,
  • steeliest
  ,
  • steely
  ,
  • un adaptable
  ,
  • un compliant
  ,
  • un-adaptable
  ,
  • un-compliant
  ,
  • unadaptable
  .
  • militant
  • Assertory
  ,
  • gladiatorial
  ,
  • in arms
  ,
  • more assertory
  ,
  • more combating
  ,
  • more contending
  ,
  • more gladiatorial
  ,
  • most assertory
  ,
  • most combating
  ,
  • most contending
  ,
  • most gladiatorial
  ,
  • selfassertive
  ,
  • up arms
  .
  • monarchical, grand
  • royal
  .
  • noun
  • determined
  ,
  • dissident
  ,
  • errant
  ,
  • firm
  ,
  • impudent
  ,
  • inflexible
  ,
  • insolent
  ,
  • noncompliant
  ,
  • nonconformist
  ,
  • peevish
  ,
  • pigheaded
  ,
  • rude
  ,
  • unamenable
  ,
  • undisciplined
  ,
  • unservile
  ,
  • unsubmissive
  ,
  • wilful
  .
  • obdurate
  • Hard-hearted
  ,
  • Unimpressible
  ,
  • bullhead
  ,
  • hard boiled
  ,
  • hard hearted
  ,
  • hardboiled
  ,
  • more bullhead
  ,
  • more hard hearted
  ,
  • more hard-hearted
  ,
  • more indurate
  ,
  • more unimpressible
  ,
  • most bullhead
  ,
  • most hard hearted
  ,
  • most hard-hearted
  ,
  • most indurate
  ,
  • most unimpressible
  ,
  • thick skinned
  ,
  • thickskinned
  ,
  • tough nut crack
  ,
  • tough nut to crack
  ,
  • un compassionate
  ,
  • un cooperative
  ,
  • un emotional
  ,
  • un feeling
  ,
  • un impressible
  ,
  • un sympathetic
  ,
  • un-compassionate
  ,
  • un-cooperative
  ,
  • un-emotional
  ,
  • un-impressible
  .
  • obstinate
  • dead set on
  ,
  • locked in
  ,
  • more opinionative
  ,
  • more resolved
  ,
  • most opinionative
  ,
  • most resolved
  ,
  • obstinate
  ,
  • opinionative
  ,
  • re-solved
  ,
  • un alterable
  ,
  • un flinching
  ,
  • un manageable
  ,
  • un-alterable
  ,
  • un-flinching
  ,
  • un-manageable
  .
  • pigheaded, stubborn
  • obdurate
  .
  • rebellious
  • renegade
  .
  • renegade
  • dis loyal
  ,
  • dis-loyal
  ,
  • more apostate
  ,
  • more backsliding
  ,
  • more schismatic
  ,
  • more untraditional
  ,
  • most apostate
  ,
  • most backsliding
  ,
  • most schismatic
  ,
  • most untraditional
  ,
  • out lawer
  ,
  • out lawest
  ,
  • out-lawer
  ,
  • out-lawest
  ,
  • outlawer
  ,
  • outlawest
  ,
  • un faithful
  ,
  • un traditional
  ,
  • un-faithful
  ,
  • un-traditional
  ,
  • untraditional
  .
  • resolute
  • intent up on
  ,
  • intent upon
  ,
  • more persisting
  ,
  • re solute
  ,
  • re-solute
  ,
  • un changing
  ,
  • un daunted
  ,
  • un faltering
  ,
  • un shaken
  ,
  • un wavering
  ,
  • un-changing
  ,
  • un-daunted
  ,
  • un-faltering
  ,
  • un-flagging
  ,
  • un-shaken
  ,
  • un-wavering
  .
  • royal
  • queenlier
  ,
  • queenliest
  ,
  • re-splendent
  .
  • ruling
  • more overruling
  ,
  • most overruling
  ,
  • over riding
  ,
  • over ruling
  ,
  • over-riding
  ,
  • over-ruling
  ,
  • pivotal
  .
  • sovereign
  • in dependent
  ,
  • in-dependent
  ,
  • monarchal
  ,
  • monarchial
  ,
  • more guiding
  ,
  • more monarchal
  ,
  • more monarchial
  ,
  • more self governed
  ,
  • more self-governed
  ,
  • more selfgoverned
  ,
  • most directing
  ,
  • most guiding
  ,
  • most monarchal
  ,
  • most monarchial
  ,
  • most self governed
  ,
  • most self-governed
  ,
  • most selfgoverned
  ,
  • self governed
  ,
  • self-governed
  ,
  • selfgoverned
  ,
  • sovereign
  .
  • stubborn
  • more cussed
  ,
  • most cussed
  ,
  • un reasonable
  ,
  • un-reasonable
  .
  • superior, controlling
  • dominant
  .
  • thinking very highly of oneself
  • egocentric
  .
  • top
  • apical
  ,
  • first rate
  ,
  • firstrate
  ,
  • five-star
  ,
  • fivestar
  ,
  • leadest
  ,
  • more apical
  ,
  • more five star
  ,
  • more five-star
  ,
  • more fivestar
  ,
  • most apical
  ,
  • most five star
  ,
  • most five-star
  ,
  • most fivestar
  ,
  • out side
  ,
  • top drawer
  ,
  • top most
  ,
  • top notch
  ,
  • top-pest
  ,
  • topdrawer
  ,
  • upper most
  ,
  • upper-most
  .
  • tyrannical, authoritarian
  • dictatorial
  .
  • uncompromising
  • intransigent
  .
  • unyielding
  • Impliable
  ,
  • hard line
  ,
  • more immalleable
  ,
  • more impliable
  ,
  • most immalleable
  ,
  • most impliable
  ,
  • un movable
  ,
  • un yielding
  ,
  • un-movable
  ,
  • un-yielding
  .
  • without limit
  • absolute
  .

• n.

  • noun
  • dominating
  .

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • noun
  • bullying
  .

• Other relevant words:

• masterful
.

Usage examples for Submissive

Famous quotes with Submissive

• I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.

  Donald Cargill
• And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living.

  Warren Jeffs
• My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.

  Regina King
• Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

  Joseph de Maistre
• I'm glad to see that women have an important role within the industry. My no. 1 complaint would still be that most women are very submissive and victims. I would like to see women portrayed in a much stronger and intelligent capacity.

  Rita Mero

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