The obsequious waiter is usually assigned the best table because he always curries favor with his manager and superiors.
Source: tatoeba (56422)
Obsequious
Synonyms for "obsequious" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
Adjective(21 words)
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Adjective(2 words)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- հլու adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- հլու-հնազանդ adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- հնազանդ adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- քծնող adj (fawning, subservient)
Bulgarian
3 entries- послушен adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- раболепен adj (fawning, subservient)
- сервилен adj (fawning, subservient)
Catalan
1 entries- obsequiós adj (fawning, subservient)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 阿諛奉承的 /阿谀奉承的 adj (fawning, subservient)
- 順從的 /顺从的 adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- 點頭哈腰的 /点头哈腰的 adj (fawning, subservient)
Czech
1 entries- podlézavý adj (fawning, subservient)
Danish
4 entries- krybende adj (fawning, subservient)
- servil adj (fawning, subservient)
- slesk adj (fawning, subservient)
- underdanig adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
Dutch
4 entries- gehoorzaam adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- kruiperig adj (fawning, subservient)
- onderdanig adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- onderworpen adj (fawning, subservient)
Finnish
4 entries- kuuliainen adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- liehakoiva adj (fawning, subservient)
- mielistelevä adj (fawning, subservient)
- nöyristelevä adj (fawning, subservient)
French
4 entries- obséquieux adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obséquieux adj (fawning, subservient)
- obéissant adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- soumis adj (fawning, subservient)
German
4 entries- devot adj (fawning, subservient)
- folgsam adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- gehorsam adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- hörig adj (fawning, subservient)
Greek
1 entries- γλύφτης adj (fawning, subservient)
Hebrew
1 entries- צייתן adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
Hindi
4 entries- ख़ुशामदी adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- ख़ुशामदी adj (fawning, subservient)
- चापलूस adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- चापलूस adj (fawning, subservient)
Hungarian
3 entries- alázatos adj (fawning, subservient)
- engedelmes adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- szolgalelkű adj (fawning, subservient)
Ido
2 entries- komplezachema adj (fawning, subservient)
- respektemacha adj (fawning, subservient)
Irish
1 entries- spleách adj (fawning, subservient)
Latin
3 entries- obsequiōsus adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obsequiōsus adj (fawning, subservient)
- vernīlis adj (fawning, subservient)
Macedonian
4 entries- по́корен adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- по́низен adj (fawning, subservient)
- по́слушен adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- рабо́лепен adj (fawning, subservient)
Māori
1 entries- whakapatipati adj (fawning, subservient)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- servil adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- servil adj (fawning, subservient)
- slesk adj (fawning, subservient)
- sleskete adj (fawning, subservient)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dommbleed adj (fawning, subservient)
Polish
3 entries- czołobitny adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- służalczy adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- służalczy adj (fawning, subservient)
Portuguese
3 entries- obsequioso adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obsequioso adj (fawning, subservient)
- submisso adj (fawning, subservient)
Romanian
3 entries- obsecvios adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obsecvios adj (fawning, subservient)
- servil adj (fawning, subservient)
Russian
3 entries- подобостра́стный adj (fawning, subservient)
- послу́шный adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- раболе́пный adj (fawning, subservient)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- podložan adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- poslušnički adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- poslušnički adj (fawning, subservient)
- servilan adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
Spanish
4 entries- apatronado adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obsequioso adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- obsequioso adj (fawning, subservient)
- servil adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
Swedish
4 entries- inställsam adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- krypande adj (fawning, subservient)
- underdånig adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- underdånig adj (fawning, subservient)
Ukrainian
2 entries- раболіпний adj (fawning, subservient)
- сервільний adj (fawning, subservient)
Vietnamese
4 entries- dễ bảo adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- khúm núm adj (fawning, subservient)
- vâng lời adj (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders)
- xun xoe adj (fawning, subservient)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Obsequious people make me feel uncomfortable.
Source: tatoeba (4416624)
He is obsequious to the higher-ups and arrogant towards his underlings.
Source: tatoeba (4901160)
If Tom senses even the slightest lack of obsequious deference, he explodes into a hail of random and spontaneous insults.
Source: tatoeba (5379886)
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