unsubmissive

1. 1.

   not servile or submissive

   Synonymsunservile

Questions about unsubmissive

What does unsubmissive mean?

unsubmissive means "not servile or submissive".

How many syllables are in unsubmissive?

unsubmissive has 4 syllables and divides as un-sub-mis-sive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unsubmissive?

Close synonyms include unservile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unsubmissive a common word?

unsubmissive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.