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English adjective: subservient | |||
| 1. | subservient compliant and obedient to authority | ||
| Samples | Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones. | ||
| Similar | subordinate | ||
| Antonyms | insubordinate | ||
| 2. | subservient serving or acting as a means or aid | ||
| Samples | Instrumental in solving the crime. | ||
| Synonyms | implemental, instrumental | ||
| Similar | helpful | ||
| Antonyms | unhelpful | ||
| 3. | subservient abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | ||
| Samples | Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. A slavish yes-man to the party bosses. She has become submissive and subservient. | ||
| Synonyms | slavish, submissive | ||
| Similar | servile | ||
| Antonyms | unservile, unsubmissive | ||
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