Slavish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
  • adj. Showing no originality; blindly imitative: a slavish copy of the original.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. in the manner of a slave; abject
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of. pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting slaves; servile; base: as, slavish fears; a slavish dependence on the great.
  • Lacking originality or due independence.
  • Like that of a slave; servile; consisting of drudgery and laborious toil: as, slavish service.
  • Enslaved; oppressed.
  • Synonyms Cringing, obsequious, fawning, groveling.—3. Drudging, menial.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. blindly imitative
  • adj. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
  • Equivalent
    unoriginal    servile   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    servile    bate    object   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    servile    filial    menial    unquestioning    unreasoning    mindless    implicit    obsequious    superstitious    craven