Definition of SUBSERVIENT

subservient

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • compliant and obedient to authority; -G. B. Shaw
    • "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"
  • serving or acting as a means or aid
  • abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; ; - S.H.Adams
    • "she has become submissive and subservient"

Adj

  • Useful in an inferior capacity.
  • Obsequiously submissive.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”).

Scrabble Score: 16

subservient is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
subservient is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
subservient is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

subservient is a valid Words With Friends word