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Synonyms for subservient

Adjective

1. subservient, subordinate (vs. insubordinate)
usage: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
2. slavish, subservient, submissive, servile (vs. unservile)
usage: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
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