subservient

Meaning

  1. Useful in an inferior capacity.
  2. Obsequiously submissive.

Synonyms

servile
45k
obsequious
slavish
subject
B1
submissive
23k
dependent
C2
obedient
C2
auxiliary
C2
instrumental
B2
implemental
helpful
B2
subsidiary
30k
subordinate
20k
abject
29k
meek
C2
modest
C1
resistless
secondary
C1
serviceable
subjugated
47k
supplicatory
tractable
unassertive
unresisting
useful
B2
utile
good
A1
👍
runtish
acquiescent
advantageous
31k
benefactor
C2
beneficial
C2
biddable
compliant
37k

dependent on

duteous
expedient
39k
fawning
37k
flatterer
41k
handy
C1
humble
B2
Translations

subserviente
subordinado
servil

kruiperig

dienstbar

δουλικός

subordonné
servile
ondergeschikt
untertänig
onderdanig

kriecherisch

liebedienerisch

δουλοπρεπής

unterwürfig
Frequency

41k
Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”).

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