Servile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Abjectly submissive; slavish.
  • adj. Of or suitable to a slave or servant.
  • adj. Of or relating to servitude or forced labor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of or pertaining to a slave
  • adj. submissive or slavish
  • n. An element which forms no part of the original root.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning
  • adj. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
  • adj.
  • adj. Not belonging to the original root.
  • adj. Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
  • n. An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to slaves or servants.
  • Consisting or made up of slaves; belonging to the class of slaves; held in subjection; dependent.
  • Pertaining or appropriate to a slave or dependent; fit or proper for a slave.
  • Resembling a slave or dependent; characteristic or worthy of a slave; slavish; hence, mean-spirited; cringing; base; lacking independence.
  • Obedient; subject.
  • In grammar, of secondary or subordinate character; not independent, but answering an orthographic purpose.
  • n. A slave; a menial.
  • n. In grammar, a servile element, whether sound or character; a non-radical element.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  • adj. relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
  • Equivalent
    obsequious    submissive    slavish    bootlicking    subservient    toadyish    slavelike    sycophantic    fawning    unfree   
    Antonym
    radical   
    Cross Reference
    base    obsequious    imitative   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slavish    mean    cringing    fawning    dependent    enslaved   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    slavish    abject    submissive    obsequious    humble    menial    degrade    ignoble    reverent    timid