All the king's subjects, fearing his wrath, often acted quite servile.
Source: tatoeba (1987)
Servile
/ˈsəɹ.vəl/
Synonyms for "servile" (148 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
abjectabusedacceptingacquiescentagreeableapple-polishingass-kissingassentingattendantattendingbasebootlickingbrowbeatenbrown-nosingclientcommoncomplaisantcompliablecompliantcomplying
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (44)
demeaningdependentdespicabledisadvantageddowntroddowntroddenfawningfeudalfeudatoryflatteringground downgrovelinggrovellinghelpinghenpeckedhumbleignoblein leading stringsin the shadeinferior
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Verb(2 words)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (74)
nonopposingnonresistantnonresistingnonresistiveobedientobeisantobsequiousoilyon bended kneeoppressedordered aroundordinaryoverbornepassiveproneprostrateregimentedresignedscurvysecond rank
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second stringsecondaryservingservitorialslavishslimysmarmysordidsubsubalternsubjectsubmissivesubordinatesubservientsupinesupplesycophanticsycophantishthird rankthird stringtoadishtoadyingtoadyishtrampledtributarytrucklingtyrannizeduglyunassertiveuncomplainingunctuousunderprivilegedunmannedunresistantunresistingvassalvilevulgarwaitingwheedlingwretched
Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesservile attitudeservile behaviorservile complianceservile demeanorservile flatteryservile obedience
Inflections
2 entriesmore servilemost servile
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- раболепен adj (slavish or submissive)
- сервилен adj (slavish or submissive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 低三下四 adj (slavish or submissive)
Finnish
3 entries- alamainen adj (slavish or submissive)
- orjallinen adj (slavish or submissive)
- orjamainen adj (slavish or submissive)
Galician
1 entries- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
German
4 entries- hündisch adj (slavish or submissive)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
- sklavisch adj (slavish or submissive)
- unterwürfig adj (slavish or submissive)
Greek
1 entries- δουλικός adj (slavish or submissive)
Irish
2 entries- moghach adj (slavish or submissive)
- uiríseal adj (slavish or submissive)
Italian
3 entries- adulatore adj (slavish or submissive)
- leccapiedi adj (slavish or submissive)
- servile adj (slavish or submissive)
Japanese
1 entries- 卑屈な adj (slavish or submissive)
Latin
3 entries- humilis adj (slavish or submissive)
- obnoxius adj (slavish or submissive)
- vernīlis adj (slavish or submissive)
Middle English
2 entries- serviable adj (slavish or submissive)
- servisable adj (slavish or submissive)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ցած adj (slavish or submissive)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ذلیل adj (slavish or submissive)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dommbleed adj (slavish or submissive)
Polish
3 entries- lokajski adj (slavish or submissive)
- niewolniczy adj (slavish or submissive)
- uniżony adj (slavish or submissive)
Portuguese
1 entries- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
Russian
3 entries- подобостра́стный adj (slavish or submissive)
- раболе́пный adj (slavish or submissive)
- холо́пский adj (slavish or submissive)
Spanish
1 entries- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
Swedish
4 entries- devot adj (slavish or submissive)
- fjäskig adj (slavish or submissive)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
- underdånig adj (slavish or submissive)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
"Stop being servile, Tom." "Okay."
Source: tatoeba (12586070)
Tom is a servile man like Akaky Akakievich.
Source: tatoeba (12899612)
Servile people are dams of freedom.
Source: tatoeba (13416221)
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.