subby

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/ˈsʌbi/

adjective

Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).

Opposite
Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounsubby (plural subbies)

plural subbies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of subbie.
adjectivesubby (comparative subbier, superlative subbiest)

comparative subbier · superlative subbiest

  1. slangBDSMSubmissive (in regard to BDSM roles).

    That pretty little sub, Kelly, who'd been with Master Thomas for months, was laughing and flirting — […] Kelly wasn't acting very subby, […]

    2017 November 21, Bailey Bradford, Exchange, Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD), →ISBN
    2 more examples

    "That means a lot of people will either be very Dommy or very subby. You need to deal with both, and honestly right now you don't seem able to handle that.” I took in the serious face and lack of pushiness and frowned.

    2013 June 24, Livia Olteano, Blitzkrieg Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

    The sub wasn't acting very subby, and the wanna-be dom was looking more like a switch. For that matter, so was the sub. Or former sub. Well, whatever he is, it wasn't what Master Thomas needed. Master Thomas is clearly all dom.

    2015 September 16, Bailey Bradford, Gacy Grant, Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae, Cassandra Murphy, S.E. O'Connor, Charles Payseur, CB Potts, Torrance Sené, Dawn M. Sooy, T. Strange, Angelique Voisen, Exchange of Power Anthology, Torquere Press, LLC, →ISBN

    Antonyms: dommy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSubmissive (in regard to BDSM roles).

Opposite

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

subby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subby

MLA

“subby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subby. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subby,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subby.

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