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Adjective
Readily conforming to the authority or will of others
Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity
Cowardly and weak in character
Timid in character, or generally lacking in self-confidence
Being at the mercy of
Having a passive or uninvolved attitude or approach
Noun
A man who is sexually subservient to a woman
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Adjective
▲
Readily conforming to the authority or will of others
compliant
yielding
malleable
acquiescent
accommodating
amenable
tractable
manageable
unassertive
non-resisting
passive
obedient
biddable
dutiful
duteous
docile
ductile
pliant
meek
timid
mild
patient
resigned
forbearing
subdued
humble
self-effacing
spiritless
deferential
obsequious
servile
slavish
self-abasing
spineless
groveling
US
grovelling
UK
lamblike
supine
bootlicking
subservient
resistless
longanimous
abject
bowing down
comformable
complying
domesticated
giving-in
ingratiating
nonresistant
nonresisting
obeisant
obeying
pliable
tame
uncomplaining
unresisting
agreeable
amiable
conformable
fawning
kowtowing
law-abiding
lowly
menial
obliging
placable
soft
subordinate
surrendering
controllable
disciplinable
governable
handleable
teachable
trainable
under one's thumb
under the thumb
complaisant
persuadable
cooperative
willing
persuasible
manipulable
easy
reverential
respectful
impressionable
adaptable
tolerant
well-behaved
reverent
suggestible
polite
gentle
regardful
cringing
attentive
susceptible
quiet
unresistant
disciplined
good
accepting
sycophantic
tolerating
orderly
unprotesting
courteous
workable
deferent
influenceable
easily influenced
cowering
indulgent
gullible
at beck and call
lenient
flexible
devoted
easy-going
peaceable
milky
faithful
considerate
easily handled
trusting
enduring
easygoing
restrained
well disciplined
mannerly
well trained
long-suffering
susceptive
weak-kneed
forgiving
unquestioning
cowed
well-mannered
conformist
unassuming
civil
accordant
weak
peaceful
loyal
easily led
toadying
like putty in your hands
supple
moldable
go-with-the-flow
transformable
bendy
assenting
stoical
conforming
docious
thoughtful
stoic
tameable
non-resistant
receptive
tamable
civilized
US
calm
amendable
trained
in one's pocket
in one's power
in one's clutches
under control
downtrodden
cool
subject
game
civilised
UK
venerating
solicitous
naive
well behaved
worshipful
tranquil
suasible
credulous
charitable
easily swayed
responsive
weak-willed
uxorious
well mannered
good-natured
with the patience of Job
feeble-minded
putty in one's hands
rolls with punches
consenting
consentient
assentient
domestic
retiring
truckling
quiescent
withdrawing
snivelling
UK
well-disciplined
awed
acceding
dancing
sniveling
US
agreeing
approving
untroublesome
ingratiatory
at one's mercy
a slave to
seemly
gracious
conciliatory
convincible
conscientious
acquiescing
assentive
shy
unobtrusive
demure
ready
chivalrous
courtly
gallant
admiring
dedicated
spongy
responsible
easily persuaded
decent
submitting
punctilious
sheepish
supplicatory
filial
appreciative
obligatory
binding
timorous
unambitious
hesitant
tentative
apprehensive
fearful
Uriah Heepish
friendly
generous
mellow
nonviolent
mim
self-conscious
encourageable
usable
childlike
complacent
incumbent on
observant
laid-back
good-tempered
understanding
composed
honoring
US
sheeplike
hearsome
controlled
agentic
honouring
UK
easily manipulated
decorous
good-humoured
UK
good-humored
US
permissive
well-trained
unflappable
ruly
wrapped around finger
on a string
ingenuous
unsuspecting
serene
imperturbable
even-tempered
unexcitable
selfless
non-violent
persistent
philosophical
kind
persevering
pusillanimous
exploitable
pushover
prone
unruffled
equanimous
self-possessed
untiring
inexcitable
mild-tempered
dominated
at peace
innocent
open
tender
browbeaten
subjugated
bullied
weak-minded
changeable
impassive
philosophic
fortitudinous
deceivable
compassionate
oppressed
impressible
dupable
clement
intimidated
repressed
self-controlled
self-restrained
pardoning
moderate
benign
merciful
pampering
liberal
temperate
unburdensome
unsuspicious
mollycoddling
humoring
US
spoiling
excusing
light
condoning
deludable
sympathetic
fleeceable
lax
unoppressive
nagged
constrained
wide-eyed
humouring
UK
henpecked
over-trustful
over-trusting
without guts
cowardly
doting
wormlike
yellow-bellied
led by the nose
ground down
able to be influenced
easily deceived
easily taken in
easily taken advantage of
readily taken advantage of
tied to someone's apron strings
subjected to nagging
wife-ridden
under someone's heel
treated like dirt
without a mind of one's own
in fear of one's partner
helpful
happy
forthcoming
eager to please
eager to help
eager
keen
well-disposed
glad
enthusiastic
disposed
kindly
proper
useful
unselfish
accommodative
pleasant
cheerful
neighbourly
UK
supportive
favorable
US
favourable
UK
glad to be of assistance
willing to help
neighborly
US
loving
ungrudging
compromising
bendable
mouldable
onside
accessible
companionable
willing to compromise
plastic
unformed
inexperienced
concurring
open to change
rolling with punches
mindful
instructable
instructible
honourable
UK
righteous
educable
guidable
in accord
in agreement
honorable
US
well brought up
well-brought-up
moral
adjustable
variable
virtuous
alterable
benevolent
modifiable
ethical
hospitable
magnanimous
coachable
fluid
solid
sweet
genial
affable
nice
versatile
cordial
bighearted
breezy
altruistic
warmhearted
mutable
softie
marshmallow
handy
well disposed
warm-hearted
good-hearted
willing to please
kind-hearted
favourably disposed
sequacious
following
user friendly
on tap
on deck
lawful
elastic
inclined
prepared
pleased
content
set
predisposed
desirous
zealous
one
fain
minded
in favour
UK
so minded
so-minded
of a mind
in favor
US
in the mood
like-minded
nothing loath
in accord with
more ❯
“The prisoners were
submissive
and paid deference to the wishes of those in whose custody they were placed.”
Adjective
▲
Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity
ingratiating
sycophantic
obsequious
fawning
unctuous
servile
smarmy
toadying
oily
bootlicking
slimy
flattering
sucky
slick
smooth
deferential
greasy
humble
crawling
saccharine
insincere
cajoling
creeping
cloying
nauseating
sickening
wheedling
slippery
charming
serving
silken
soft
creepy
insinuating
timeserving
winning
disarming
insinuative
brown-nosing
smooth-tongued
silver-tongued
smooth-talking
Uriah Heepish
honey-tongued
grovelling
UK
cringing
subservient
toadyish
groveling
US
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
slavish
abject
kowtowing
brownnosing
ass-kissing
oleaginous
soapy
reverential
sycophantish
subordinate
truckling
parasitic
spineless
arse-licking
mealy-mouthed
obeisant
parasitical
compliable
respectful
compliant
adulatory
suckholing
prostrate
bowing
craven
arse-kissing
humiliating
bowing and scraping
meek
deferent
humiliated
self-effacing
ingratiatory
sugary
gushing
gushy
apple-polishing
fulsome
forelock-tugging
honeyed
appreciative
self-abasing
excessively deferential
sweet-talking
hagiographical
hagiographic
suave
glib
encomiastic
worshipful
effusive
lionizing
US
encomiastical
lionising
UK
highly favourable
despicable
soft-soaping
admiring
base
all over someone
flannelling
blarneying
gratifying
unresisting
lowly
ignoble
dependent
faithful
rhapsodic
urbane
complimentary
acclamatory
eulogistic
praising
plausible
blandishing
applauding
hypocritical
buttery
rave
saponaceous
commending
overly flattering
phoney
UK
creamy
smug
pinguid
phony
US
sugarcoated
smooth-spoken
sweet
persuasive
pleasing
sweet-sounding
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cowardly and weak in character
spineless
cowardly
craven
gutless
wimpish
wimpy
yellow
chicken
effete
feeble
timid
timorous
weak
frail
pusillanimous
weakling
fearful
characterless
weakened
nerveless
recreant
soft
unheroic
invertebrate
spiritless
dastardly
irresolute
poltroon
chickenhearted
pathetic
sissy
frightened
boneless
sissified
vacillating
unmanly
squeamish
forceless
pithless
emasculate
feckless
lily-livered
weak-kneed
wishy-washy
chicken-livered
faint-hearted
namby-pamby
limp-wristed
chicken-hearted
milk-livered
yellow-bellied
milk-and-water
weak-willed
candy-assed
poor-spirited
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
slack-spined
wet
cowed
scared
quaking
shrinking
cowering
trembling
pigeon-hearted
intimidated
browbeaten
abject
coward
overawed
nervous
afraid
mousy
easily frightened
lacking courage
apprehensive
meek
cringey
anxious
jittery
mousey
skittish
tremulous
panicky
pigeonhearted
fainthearted
hesitant
capricious
gentle
shaky
wavering
unnerved
dismayed
bullied
unassured
Milquetoast
daunted
tentative
having cold feet
diffident
ineffectual
ineffective
shy
wussy
half-hearted
retiring
base
caitiff
listless
unenthusiastic
unassertive
lame
tame
impotent
jumpy
feart
useless
enervated
vapid
insipid
inept
limp
unconvincing
powerless
languid
sookie
cowhearted
backward
worthless
jejune
sapless
mediocre
meager
US
supine
white-livered
running scared
paper tiger
no guts
mild
tenuous
meagre
UK
having the willies
unsure
low-key
weedy
niddering
poltroonish
indecisive
daft
nerdy
passionless
startled
afraid of one's own shadow
emasculated
fickle
passive
terrified
like a lamb to the slaughter
reticent
unsubstantial
fragile
unexcited
self-effacing
faltering
dithering
moderate
flimsy
faint
indeterminate
fallible
undetermined
reluctant
doubting
wary
corruptible
yielding
hemming and hawing
unreliable
waffling
undependable
suspicious
chary
unconfident
easily led
distrustful
fearsome
nervy
spooked
easily scared
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Timid in character, or generally lacking in self-confidence
fearful
timid
shy
timorous
diffident
nervous
unassertive
apprehensive
retiring
hesitant
shrinking
meek
mousy
unconfident
unassured
sheepish
insecure
skittish
uncertain
mousey
scary
tremulous
anxious
fainthearted
passive
fearsome
jittery
jumpy
nervy
pusillanimous
antsy
rabbity
quivery
self-conscious
lacking confidence
lacking self-confidence
lacking assurance
lacking in confidence
faint-hearted
not self-assured
not confident
self-doubting
unsure
weak
approval-seeking
bashful
modest
humble
unassuming
backward
unforthcoming
self-effacing
aw-shucks
reserved
withdrawn
reticent
introverted
demure
quiet
coy
recessive
unpretentious
unobtrusive
blushing
lowly
reluctant
silent
embarrassed
restrained
inhibited
wary
unpresuming
shamefaced
suspicious
chary
mild
withdrawing
down-to-earth
simple
plain
constrained
unresponsive
introvert
abashed
secretive
unpretending
temperate
retired
mim
overmodest
doubting
undemonstrative
reclusive
unsociable
unaggressive
nice
ill at ease
distrustful
media-shy
close
worried
pale
costive
prudish
uncommunicative
taciturn
docile
apologetic
low-key
low-profile
verecund
recoiling
blushful
discreet
keeping a low profile
unboastful
uneasy
deferential
chaste
easily embarrassed
proper
seemly
unaffected
natural
moderate
resigned
prudent
self-deprecating
unostentatious
irresolute
spiritless
feeble
self-deprecatory
uptight
unemotional
uncomfortable
guarded
ingenuous
distant
standoffish
secret
seclusive
private
eremitic
ordinary
cold
genuine
artless
anchoritic
hermitic
eremitical
passionless
unaffable
unexpansive
nongregarious
soft-spoken
inconspicuous
tongue-tied
cowardly
hung up
gutless
prim
unambitious
not forward
frightened
yellow
spineless
afraid
cowering
wimpy
intimidated
cowed
lily-livered
having cold feet
unpoised
ashamed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being at the mercy of
subject
captive
subjugated
subordinate
controlled
subservient
dependent
governed
satellite
enslaved
inferior
obedient
ruled
secondary
servile
tributary
accountable
collateral
disposed
liable
slavish
susceptible
vulnerable
bound by
at one's feet
in danger of
subsidiary
ancillary
minor
accessory
lesser
peripheral
lower
under
second-class
lower-level
puppet
sub
auxiliary
supplementary
supplemental
extra
junior
additional
backup
contributory
appurtenant
attendant
adjuvant
assisting
assistant
aiding
tributory
second-fiddle
lower-grade
unimportant
trivial
insignificant
petty
inconsiderable
small
incidental
marginal
inessential
dinky
tangential
reserve
mean
second
second-rate
non-essential
minor-league
small-fry
less important
small-time
bush-league
of little account
smaller
supporting
accompanying
complementary
supportive
less
second-string
accessorial
lowly
low-ranking
lower-ranking
low-grade
low
add-on
associate
humble
optional
menial
bottom
reduced
sub-
poorer
third-string
concomitant
undistinguished
unpretentious
common
on the side
more
further
vice-
helping
plebeian
mediocre
inglorious
ignoble
spare
base
irrelevant
bonus
immaterial
abetting
superficial
scrubby
slighter
demeaning
degrading
little
lousy
subjacent
nether
ignominious
appended
affixed
adscititious
deputy
lower in rank
lower in status
lower-class
entry-level
bottom-rung
back seat
low-level
beside the point
lower rung
outranked
increased
parenthetical
extramural
tinier
added
second-best
low-class
petite
nonessential
beneath
reciprocal
unnecessary
unassuming
surface
correlative
diminished
augmenting
top-up
less important than
miserable
puny
middling
ordinary
meager
US
measly
paltry
alternative
coincident
by the by
accidental
by the way
attending
alternate
substitute
fallback
lessened
incident
of lesser importance than
shabby
wretched
contemptible
sorry
pitiful
sad
humdrum
adminicular
coincidental
contingent
younger
relief
extracurricular
undersized
low-born
meagre
UK
beta
youngest
concurrent
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
borderline
extraneous
indirect
side
bush
fall-back
contributing
adjunct
not the main
adjoint
supervenient
adventitious
extrinsic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a passive or uninvolved attitude or approach
reactive
inactive
uninvolved
detached
apathetic
noninterventionist
passive
unassertive
laissez-faire
non-participating
hands off
hands-off
non-active
non-participative
distant
remote
laid-back
Noun
▲
A man who is sexually subservient to a woman
mancubine
gigolo
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