subservient, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
compliant and obedient to authority
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
subservient
sample sentences
"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
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abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
<adj.all>
slavish submissive subservient
sample sentences
"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"
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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serving or acting as a means or aid
<adj.all>
implemental instrumental subservient
sample sentences
"instrumental in solving the crime"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to