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DOMINANT Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word dominant. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For DOMINANT

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submissive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

adjective satellite

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

subordinate
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

noun

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

verb

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

inferior
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance

• of low or inferior quality

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

noun

• one of lesser rank or station or quality

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

adjective satellite

• lower than a given reference point

• falling short of some prescribed norm

secondary
adjectiveadj
adjective

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

noun

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

adjective satellite

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

defiant
adjectiveadj
adjective

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

obedient
adjectiveadj
adjective

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

rebellious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

recessive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or pertaining to a recession

• (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

noun

• an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

Alternatives for SUBMISSIVE

Alternatives for SUBORDINATE

Alternatives for INFERIOR

Alternatives for SECONDARY

Alternatives for DEFIANT

Alternatives for OBEDIENT

Alternatives for REBELLIOUS

Alternatives for RECESSIVE

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