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subservient
adjective
1 subservient
Compliant and obedient to authority.
Roget 677:
in use;
used
etc.
v.;
well-worn,
well-trodden.
useful
etc.
644;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631.
Roget 707:
aiding
etc.
v.;
auxiliary,
adjuvant,
helpful;
coadjuvant
etc.
709†;
subservient,
ministrant,
ancillary,
accessory,
subsidiary.
at one's beck,
at one's beck and call;
friendly,
amicable,
favorable,
propitious,
well-disposed;
neighborly;
obliging
etc.
(benevolent)
906.
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Roget 176:
tending
etc.
v.;
conducive,
working towards,
in a fair way to,
calculated to;
liable
etc.
177;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631;
useful
etc.
644;
subsidiary
etc.
(helping)
707.
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Roget 644:
useful;
of use
etc.
n.;
serviceable,
proficuous†,
good for;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631;
conducive
etc.
(tending)
176;
subsidiary
etc.
(helping)
707.
advantageous
etc.
(beneficial)
648;
profitable,
gainful,
remunerative,
worth one's salt;
valuable;
prolific
etc.
(productive)
168.
adequate;
efficient,
efficacious;
effective,
effectual;
expedient
etc.
646.
applicable,
available,
ready,
handy,
at hand,
tangible;
commodious,
adaptable;
of all work.
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2 subservient
3 subservient
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant:
— She has become submissive and subservient.
synonyms: slavish, submissive.
Polish: służalczy
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