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submissive

How many syllables in submissive?

  3 syllables

Divide submissive into syllables:   sub-mis-sive
Stressed syllable in submissive:   sub-mis-sive
How to pronounce submissive:   sub-mis-iv
How to say submissive:

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Synonyms for submissive


1 syllable
  • meek
    2 syllables
    • docile
    • passive
    • fawning
    • subdued
    3 syllables
    • dutiful
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with submissive

    3 syllables
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