| apt | yielding, compliant, submissive |
| conformable | compliant, submissive, tractable |
| corrigible | submissive, docile, acquiescent |
| crouching | submissive, cringing, docile |
| inclining | compliant, sympathetic, submissive |
| lither | yielding, submissive, compliant |
| lowly | humble, modest, submissive |
| prone | submissive, vulnerable, docile |
| servant | put in service, make submissive |
| spaniel | obsequious, slavish, submissive |
| stooping | submissive, humble, kneeling |
| submissive | of submission, of surrender |
| suffering | long-suffering, patient, submissive |
| tame | submissive, resigned, habituated |
| tender | meek, submissive, spineless |
| unbent | unfrowning, not wrinkled; submissive |
| vassal | submissive, abject, yielding |