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sub·ser·vi·ent
 subservient
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- pronunciation:
- s
 b
suhr
vi
nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
excessively submissive.
- synonyms:
- humble, servile, slavish
- antonyms:
- dictatorial, domineering, overbearing
- similar words:
- deferential, groveling, obsequious, submissive, truckling
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| definition 2: |
secondary; subordinate.
- synonyms:
- ancillary, secondary, subordinate
- antonyms:
- dominant
- similar words:
- lower, subaltern
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| related words: |
inferior, last, menial, obsequious, servile, subject, submissive |
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| derivations: |
subserviently (adv.), subservience (n.) |
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