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Definition of Subservient
1. Adjective. 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"
2. Adjective. Serving or acting as a means or aid. "Instrumental in solving the crime"
Exact synonyms: Implemental, Instrumental
Similar to: Helpful
Derivative terms: Implement, Instrument, Instrumentality, Instrumentality, Subserve
Similar to: Helpful
Derivative terms: Implement, Instrument, Instrumentality, Instrumentality, Subserve
3. Adjective. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant. "She has become submissive and subservient"
Exact synonyms: Slavish, Submissive
Similar to: Servile
Derivative terms: Submissiveness, Submit, Subservience, Subservientness
Similar to: Servile
Derivative terms: Submissiveness, Submit, Subservience, Subservientness
Definition of Subservient
1. a. Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Definition of Subservient
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Subservient
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