adj satadj.allcompliant and obedient to authorityExamples:- editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
Antonyms:insubordinate
Derivationally Related Form:subservientness
Inherited Hypernyms:subservient
Similar to:subordinate
adj satadj.allserving or acting as a means or aidSynset:implemental instrumental
Examples:- instrumental in solving the crime
Antonyms:unhelpful
Derivationally Related Form:instrumentalitysubserveinstrumentimplement
Inherited Hypernyms:implemental
Similar to:helpful
adj satadj.allabjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servantSynset:slavish submissive
Examples:- slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
- a slavish yes-man to the party bosses - S.H.Adams
- she has become submissive and subservient
Antonyms:unservile
Derivationally Related Form:subservientnesssubmitsubserviencesubmissiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:slavish
Similar to:servile