adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not servile.

   "Australians stop American troops on the street, to seize their hands and pump them in unservile gratitude."

Adjective

1. 1
   not servile or submissive wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unsubmissive

Antonyms

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servile

Example

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"Australians stop American troops on the street, to seize their hands and pump them in unservile gratitude."

Etymology

From un- + servile.

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