Definition of subservient Subservient
/sʌbsɚˈviʌnt/ - [subserveeunt] - sub•ser•vi•ent
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| subservient - compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw | ||
| subordinate lower in rank or importance | ||
| subservient - serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" | ||
| implemental, instrumental | ||
| helpful providing assistance or serving a useful function | ||
| subservient - abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" | ||
| slavish, submissive | ||
| servile submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" | ||
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- subservient (Adjective)
Useful in an inferior capacity. - subservient (Adjective)
Obsequiously submissive.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- subservient (a.)
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
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