servile

Meaning

Adj

1. Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
2. Slavish or submissive.
3. Slavish or submissive.
4. Not belonging to the original root.
5. Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.

Noun

1. An element which forms no part of the original root.
2. A slave; a menial.

Opposite of

arrogant, authoritarian

Synonyms

slavish

subservient

obsequious

fawning

dependent

subject

abject

henchman

illiberal

lackey

literal

minion

reserved

serf

slave

stooge

submissive

subordinate

sycophantic

tame

timid

underling

vassal

serflike

slaveholding

slavelike

auxiliary

degraded

flunkey

follower

grovel

grovelling

Translations

servile

servil

servil

δουλικός

sklavisch

servile

unterwürfig

aşağılık

hakir

alçak

إستخذى

استخذا

استخذى

استخذي

استخذؤ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: servyle

In summary

From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”).