subservient

subservient
adj
1. subordinate, subaltern, junior, lower; secondary, auxiliary, accessory, ancillary, subsidiary; inferior, second-class, less than, below, under; dependent, subject, under [s.o.'s] thumb.
2. servile, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, submissive; docile, tractable, manageable, unassertive, compliant, obedient, deferential, yielding; truckling, obeisant, prostrate, on one's hands and knees; slavish, groveling, cringing, cowering, crawling; sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish, fawning, flattering, toadyish, toadying; unctuous, oily, ingratiating, Sl. bootlicking, Sl. footlicking, Sl. brown-nosing, Inf. apple-polishing.
3. useful, instrumental, valuable, beneficial, advantageous, favorable, good; helpful, aidful, contributory, contributive, conducive.

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