SUBSERVIENT


Meaning of SUBSERVIENT in English

adj. Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: AUXILIARY , accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, collateral, contributory, subsidiary

2 showing extreme compliance or abject obedience FF1C; a subservient minor bureaucrat FF1E;

Synonyms: menial, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish

Related Words: acquiescent, compliant, resigned, submissive; cowering, cringing, fawning, truckling; abject, ignoble, mean

Idioms: as obedient as a dog

Contrasted Words: aggressive; arrogant, haughty; rebellious; independent, irrepressible, uncontainable

Antonyms: domineering, overbearing

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.