subservient
subservient adjective: useful in an inferior capacity.
Adjective
subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)
- Useful in an inferior capacity.
- Obsequiously submissive.
- Sansa takes her place as ruler of the North, a free and independent land no longer subservient to anywhere else. And Arya does what she’s always done best: Make her own way, literally leaving everything she knows behind to see what’s over the next horizon.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019
Noun
subservient (plural subservients)
- A person who is subservient to another; a subordinate.
- James Harrison, the tenant, was one of his subservients, chosen by him in consequence of his austere piety, and great influence with his sect […]1852, Mary Jane Windle, A Legend of the Waldenses: And Other Tales, page 176
subservient meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
subservient in Hindi
- obsequiously submissive
- पराधीन parādhīn
subservient in Bengali
- অধীনস্থ, সেবাদাসসুলভ
subservient in Malayalam
- useful in an inferior capacity
- അധീനമായ adhīnamāya, വിധേയമായ vidhēyamāya
subservient in Kannada
- ಅಧೀನವಾದ, ಕೈಕೆಳಗಿನ, ಅತಿನಮ್ರ, ಹಲ್ಲುಗಿರಿಯುವ, ದಾಸನಂತೆ ಓಲೈಸುವ, ಸಾಧಕವಾದ
Forms of subservient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more subservient |
| superlative | most subservient |
| Noun | |
| plural | subservients |
Origin of subservient
From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“to serve under”).
Words formed from subservient
Questions about subservient
- What does subservient mean?
- Subservient means useful in an inferior capacity.
- What is subservient in Hindi?
- Subservient in Hindi is पराधीन (parādhīn). See Subservient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subservient?
- Subservient can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near subservient in the dictionary
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