sublimity, n. loftiness, elevation, exaltation, nobility; magnificence, glory, majesty, stateliness; dignity, eminence, preeminence, esteem, prominence; excellence, greatness, grandness; grandeur, pomp, circumstance.
submerge, v. 1. sink, submerse, put under, bathe; dip, Inf. dunk, duck, push under, douse, wet; immerse, baptize, souse.
2. plunge, plummet, dive, descend, founder; go down, go under, go below, go to the bottom; sound, fathom, plumb.
3. inundate, drown, bury, engulf, overwhelm, whelm; flood, deluge, waterlog, swamp; soak, drench, saturate, rinse.
submerged, adj. 1. underwater, undersea, submarine, subaqueous, subaquatic, below the surface; submersed, immersed, sunk, sunken, buried, engulfed, on the bottom; drowned, flooded, inundated, below, under.
2. hidden, unseen, concealed, cloaked, veiled; shrouded, unknown, untold, unsolved, indecipherable; impenetrable, enigmatic, arcane, recondite, hieroglyphic, puzzling.
submission, n. 1. yielding, giving in, submitting, surrender, subjection, capitulation; compliance, conformity, acquiescence, abidance, acceptance; obedience, allegiance, observance; reverence, deference, respect.
2. submissiveness, conformability, adaptability, complaisance; malleability, tractability, biddableness, pliancy; meekness, timidity, gentleness, passiveness, docility, unassertiveness.
3. subservience, obsequiousness, servility, ingratiation, prostration, obeisance, abasement; truckling, bowing, scraping, fawning, cowering, cringing, crawling, toadying, Inf. bootlicking; self-effacement, selfsurrender, self-abasement.
submissive, adj. 1. acquiescent, yielding, compliant, pliant, malleable; flexible, accommodating, amenable, agreeable, adapting, adaptable; dutiful, faithful, respectful, deferential, capitulating; willing, assenting, complying, obliging, obedient, obeying; tractable, manageable, nonresisting, unassertive, docile, timid; patient, gentle, meek, passive, subdued.
2. subservient, servile, obsequious, ingratiating, obei-sant, prostrate, Archaic, sequacious; truckling, bowing, scraping, fawning, cowering, cringing, crawling, toadying, toadyish, Inf bootlicking, self-effacing, self-surrendering, self-abasing.
submit, v. 1. yield, surrender, give in, give way to; capitulate, succumb to, fall, bite the dust, lay down arms, raise the white flag, cry or say uncle; resign oneself, acquiesce, throw in the towel, give up the ship, cease the struggle, grin and bear it.
2. obey, observe, comply with, acknowledge, respect; adhere to, abide by, conform to; get into line, toe or mark the line, keep in step, walk the chalk mark or line; acquiesce in, consent to, agree to; grant, accede, concur, accept.
3. defer to, be regulated by, be governed by, be subject to; stoop, bend to, bow to, truckle to, humble oneself to, bend the knee to, knuckle under, do [s.o.'s] bidding, Inf. jump through hoops.
4. refer, present, hand in, turn in, apply, enter, address, appeal.