Commanding Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for commanding in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of commanding in 11 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for commanding alphabetically.

humble

apprehensive
backward
bashful
biddable
blushing
content
courteous
deferential
demure
diffident
docile

indecisive

astraddle
changeable
doubtful
faltering
halting
hemming and hawing
hesitant
hesitating
hot and cold
inconclusive
indeterminate

ineffective

abortive
anticlimactic
barren
bootless
defeasible
emasculate
feckless
feeble
forceless
fruitless
futile

inferior

back seat
bottom
bottom-rung
entry-level
junior
less
lesser
lower
menial
minor
minus

modest

bashful
blushing
chaste
coy
demure
diffident
discreet
humble
lowly
meek
moderate

secondary

accessory
alternate
auxiliary
backup
bush-league
collateral
consequential
contingent
dependent
dinky
extra

subordinate

accessory
adjuvant
ancillary
auxiliary
baser
below par
collateral
contributory
dependent
inferior
insignificant

unassertive

abashed
backward
blushful
blushing
chary
confused
constrained
coy
demure
diffident
embarrassed

unimportant

beside the point
casual
frivolous
frothy
immaterial
inconsequential
inconsiderable
indifferent
insignificant
irrelevant
little

unimpressive

average
characterless
common
commonplace
conventional
dull
everyday
fair
garden-variety
insignificant
mediocre

weak

anemic
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
effete
enervated
exhausted
faint
feeble
flaccid
flimsy

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