subservient

subservient is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
2. adjective. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant- S.H.Adams

   "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"

   "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"

   Synonyms: slavish, submissive

3. adjective. serving or acting as a means or aid

   "instrumental in solving the crime"

   Synonyms: implemental, instrumental

4. adjective. compliant and obedient to authority-G. B. Shaw

   "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"

Synonyms

slavish, submissive, implemental, instrumental

Common word forms

subserviently, subservientness

Words from these letters

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