We’ve reviewed past puzzles to identify how “Submissive” has been handled, and the answers here reflect consistent solving patterns seen across different sources.
Answer List:
- MEEK
- SERVILE
- DOCILE
- OBEDIENT
- RESIGNED
- YIELDING
- DEFERENTIAL
- COMPLIANT
- PASSIVE
- PLIABLE
- ACQUIESCENT
- PROSTRATE
- DEMURE
- PLIANT
Synonyms and Definitions
MEEK
- Synonyms: mild, modest, spiritless, tame
DOCILE
- Synonyms: gentle, teachable
RESIGNED
- Synonyms: free, give up, leave office, quit, reconcile, release, relinquish, renounce, resign, step down, submit, vacate
YIELDING
- Synonyms: afford, bear, buckle under, cede, concede, conceding, concession, ease up, generate, give, give in, give way, giving up, grant, knuckle under, move over, pay, relent, render, return, soften, succumb, surrender, yield
DEFERENTIAL
- Synonyms: deferent, regardful
PASSIVE
- Synonyms: inactive, passive voice, peaceful
PLIABLE
- Synonyms: bendable, ductile, elastic, fictile, flexible, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile, waxy
ACQUIESCENT
- Synonyms: biddable
PROSTRATE
- Synonyms: bow down, flat, prone
DEMURE
- Synonyms: coy, overmodest
PLIANT
- Synonyms: plastic, pliable
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- MEEK also appears as an answer in Humble crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- PLIABLE also appears as an answer in Supple crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 letters.
- DEMURE also appears as an answer in Reserved crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 15 letters.