Websubservient adjective sub· ser· vi· ent səb-ˈsər-vē-ənt 1 : useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate 2 : serving to promote some end 3 : obsequiously submissive : truckling …

Web1 very willing to obey someone else She was an equal partner in the marriage and not a subservient wife. Synonyms & Near Synonyms for subservient fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, obedient, submissive, tractable acquiescent, …

Web(səbˈsɜr vi ənt) adj. 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. [1625–35; < Latin subservient-, s. of subserviēns, present participle of subservīre to subserve; see -ent] sub•ser′vi•ence, sub•ser′vi•en•cy, n. sub•ser′vi•ent•ly, adv.

Websubservient adjective uk / səbˈsɜːviənt / us willing to do what another person, organization, etc. wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of others: a subservient position / role subservient to sb/sth Critics say the Federal Aviation Agency remains subservient to the airline industry.

Web1 : very willing or too willing to obey someone else She left her first husband because he wanted a subservient [= submissive] wife. She refused to take/accept/play a subservient role in their marriage. — often + to She refused to be subservient to her husband. 2 formal : less important than something or someone else — usually + to

Websubservient adjective uk / səbˈsɜːviənt / us willing to do what another person, organization, etc. wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of …

WebSubservient means "compliant," "obedient," "submissive," or having the qualities of a servant. Something that's subservient has been made useful, or put into the service of, something else. Our word subservient is unusual because it actually comes from the Latin word of exactly the same spelling and almost the identical meaning — "subjecting to" or …

WebSubservient Definition səb-sûrvē-ənt Meanings Synonyms Sentences Definition Source Origin Adjective Filter adjective That is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or …

Webadj. extremely compliant adj. secondary, useful synonyms for subservient Compare Synonyms deferential inferior submissive a slave to abject acquiescent at one's beck and call at one's mercy bootlicking cowering cringing dancing docile fawning ignoble in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power mean menial obeisant obsequious resigned servile

Web17 thg 3, 2022 · Subservient adjective Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. ‘Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other.’; ‘These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another.’; ‘Their temporal ambition was wholly …