subservient Synonyms

subservient Meaning

Wordnet

subservient (s)

compliant and obedient to authority

serving or acting as a means or aid

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

subservient Sentence Examples

  1. The employee exhibited an overly subservient attitude towards his superior.
  2. The pet dog was subservient to its owner's every command.
  3. The colony was subservient to the rule of the tyrannical emperor.
  4. The scientist's subservient assistant diligently carried out all his experiments.
  5. The subordinate was expected to be subservient to the higher-ranking officer.
  6. The weak nation was subservient to the demands of its powerful neighbor.
  7. The submissive child was subservient to the authority of his parents.
  8. The oppressed people lived in a state of subservient poverty.
  9. The politician's subservient behavior towards the lobbyists raised concerns about corruption.
  10. The enslaved workers were forced to live a subservient existence.

FAQs About the word subservient

compliant and obedient to authority, serving or acting as a means or aid, abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

subordinate, passive, obedient, governable, meek, dutiful, docile, obliging, controllable, conformable

balky, rebel, refractory, recalcitrant, noncompliant, mutinous, obstreperous, ungovernable, hardheaded, headstrong

The employee exhibited an overly subservient attitude towards his superior.

The pet dog was subservient to its owner's every command.

The colony was subservient to the rule of the tyrannical emperor.

The scientist's subservient assistant diligently carried out all his experiments.