Compliant, acquiescent, and complaisant are all synonyms for passive. Active and assertive are these antonyms of passive. And here are another 27 synonyms for passive.
Passive Synonyms
- Acquiescent
- Complaisant
- Compliant
- Deferential
- Docile
- Forbearing
- Lamblike
- Long-suffering
- Malleable
- Meek
- Non-aggressive
- Non-resistant
- Non-violent
- Obedient
- Patient
- Pliable
- Pliant
- Resigned
- Subdued
- Submissive
- Supine
- Tractable
- Unassertive
- Unresisting
- Yielding
- Resistless