Meaning & Definition of Subservient in English
English⟶
Subservient
/səbsərviənt/
adjective
1. 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"-g. b. shaw
synonym:
- subservient
2. Serving or acting as a means or aid
- "Instrumental in solving the crime"
synonym:
- implemental,
- instrumental,
- subservient
3. Abjectly submissive
- Characteristic of a slave or servant
- "Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
- "A slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- s.h.adams
- "She has become submissive and subservient"
synonym:
- slavish,
- subservient,
- submissive