subservient
adjective, noun
Forms subservients
- adjective Useful in an inferior capacity.
- adjective Obsequiously submissive.
- noun A person who is subservient to another; a subordinate.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“to serve under”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Etymology [L. subserviens, -entis, p.pr. See Subserve.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “subservient”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details