| ADJECTIVE | all | subservient | compliant and obedient to authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | subservient, implemental, instrumental | serving or acting as a means or aid | |
| all | subservient, slavish, submissive | abjectly submissive |
| Sounds | sahbser'viyahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | compliant and obedient to authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw | |
| Broader | subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another |
| Spanish | supeditado | |
| Nouns | subservientness | in a subservient state |
| Meaning | Serving or acting as a means or aid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | implemental, instrumental | |
| Broader | helpful | Providing assistance or serving a useful function |
| Spanish | instrumental | |
| Catalan | instrumental | |
| Verbs | subserve | be helpful or useful |
| Meaning | abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she has become submissive and subservient" | |
| Synonyms | slavish, submissive | |
| Broader | servile | submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior |
| Spanish | esclavo, servil | |
| Nouns | subservience | abject or cringing submissiveness |
| subservientness | in a subservient state | |
| Adverbs | subserviently | in an obsequious manner |
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