Subservient

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Subordinate in capacity or function.
  • adj. Obsequious; servile.
  • adj. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Useful in an inferior capacity.
  • adj. Obsequiously submissive.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Useful as an instrument or means to promote an end or purpose; serviceable; being of service.
  • Acting as a subordinate instrument; fitted or disposed to serve in an inferior capacity; subordinate; hence, of persons and conduct, truckling; obsequious.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
  • adj. serving or acting as a means or aid
  • adj. compliant and obedient to authority
    • Equivalent
    servile    helpful    subordinate   
    Cross Reference
    obedient    subordinate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    subordinate    obsequious    obedient    serviceable    contributory   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    submissive    amenable    deferential    contrite    respectful   
     
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