Don't be subservient to your boss.
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Subservient
Synonyms for "subservient" (122 found)
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Related words (61)
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nutricialobedientobeisantobsequiouson bended kneeordinarypassivepromotingproneprostrateresignedsecond ranksecond stringsecondarysequaciousserviceableservingsimpleslavishsubsubalternsubjectsubmissivesubsidiarysupinethird rankthird stringtributarytrucklingunassertiveuncomplainingunderprivilegedunresistantunresistingusefulvassalvulgar
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- помощен adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- раболепен adj (obsequiously submissive)
- съдействащ adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 恭顺 adj (obsequiously submissive)
- 次要 adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- 次要的 adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
Czech
4 entries- podřízený adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- posluhující adj (obsequiously submissive)
- poslušný adj (obsequiously submissive)
- servilní adj (obsequiously submissive)
Dutch
2 entries- onderdanig adj (obsequiously submissive)
- serviel adj (obsequiously submissive)
Finnish
3 entries- alamainen adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- alamainen adj (obsequiously submissive)
- nöyristelevä adj (obsequiously submissive)
French
1 entries- servile adj (obsequiously submissive)
German
3 entries- lakaienhaft adj (obsequiously submissive)
- servil adj (obsequiously submissive)
- untertänig adj (obsequiously submissive)
Irish
1 entries- spleách adj (obsequiously submissive)
Malayalam
2 entries- അധീനമായ adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- വിധേയമായ adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
Occitan
4 entries- asservit adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- servil adj (obsequiously submissive)
- subaltèrn adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
- subordonat adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
Portuguese
1 entries- subserviente adj (obsequiously submissive)
Russian
1 entries- раболепный adj (obsequiously submissive)
Spanish
2 entries- servil adj (obsequiously submissive)
- subordinado adj (useful in an inferior capacity)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Sami was very subservient to Layla.
Source: tatoeba (5928087)
Tom made his wife subservient to his needs.
Source: tatoeba (10797712)
To his superiors, Tom was subservient; to his subordinates, he was a bully.
Source: tatoeba (10808918)
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