subservient
adjective
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
compliant and obedient to authority
editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones
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Sense 2 adjective
serving or acting as a means or aid
instrumental in solving the crime
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Sense 3 adjective
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | subservientness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instrument |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | implement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instrumentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instrumentality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subserve |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | helpful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submissiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsequiousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | subservientness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submit |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | servile |