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servile

/'sɜrvɪl/

Synonyms of servile Antonyms of servile Examples of servile Usage of servile Parts of servile Definition that contains servile Words sounding like servile Explanation of servile

adjective
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
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"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection" "the servile wars of Sicily" "servile work"

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unfree
adjective
submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
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"spoke in a servile tone" "the incurably servile housekeeper" "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

Similar:

fawning obsequious slavelike slavish bootlicking subservient sycophantic toadyish submissive

Opposite:

unservile

Examples of servile

"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
"the servile wars of Sicily"
"servile work"
"spoke in a servile tone"
"the incurably servile housekeeper"
"servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"