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Synonyms for subservient
səbˈsɜr vi əntsub·servient

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subservientadjective

    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

    Synonyms:
    slavish, instrumental, submissive, implemental

    Antonyms:
    unhelpful, unservile, unsubmissive, insubordinate

  2. implemental, instrumental, subservientadjective

    serving or acting as a means or aid

    "instrumental in solving the crime"

    Synonyms:
    slavish, implemental, submissive, instrumental

    Antonyms:
    unservile, unhelpful, unsubmissive, insubordinate

  3. slavish, subservient, submissiveadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    slavish, instrumental, submissive, implemental

    Antonyms:
    unservile, unsubmissive, unhelpful, insubordinate

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subservientadjective

    Synonyms:
    subordinate, inferior, subject

  2. subservientadjective

    Synonyms:
    useful, helpful, serviceable, conducive, subsidiary, ancillary, instrumental

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subservientadjective

    Synonyms:
    subordinate, subject, inferior, serviceable, conducive

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "subservient":

    servile, subordinate, bonded, subjugated, subordinated

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How to use subservient in a sentence?

  1. Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry Into The Sublime and Beautiful:

    A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth.

  2. William Frank Buckley, Jr.:

    I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.

  3. Georgina Wright:

    The pressure on Brussels is enormous, if Joe Biden are sincerely going to be a major geopolitical power that isn't subservient to America, the 27 member states will need to be more united than ever.

  4. Alex Capri:

    The risk is that shareholder interests will remain subservient to state interests.

  5. Kate McElwee:

    Catholic Church is Catholic Church, and we believe that Catholic Church could restore Catholic Church moral voice and credibility if Catholic Church practiced gender equity. Equality for women and girls changes the world, it's easy for some of us in Western countries to opt out of the church's powers, but in a lot of communities, Catholic Church runs the only hospital or the only school. The theology that teaches that girls are somehow subservient or the complements to men filters through, and that gets taught around the world.


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