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Synonyms for servile
ˈsɜr vɪl, -vaɪlservile
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
servile
Synonyms:
beggarly, contemptible, mean, poor, slavish, vileAntonyms:
august, kinglike, kingly, magnificent, majestic, munificent, princely, regal, royal
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servile
Synonyms:
obsequious, cringing, sequacious, menial, sneaking, low, abjectAntonyms:
independent, fractions, refractory, recalcitrant, dogged, stubborn, defiant, rebellious
Princeton's WordNet
servileadjective
submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
"spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
Synonyms:
servile(a)Antonyms:
free, unsubmissive, unservileservile(a)adjective
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work"
Antonyms:
unservile, unsubmissive, free
Editors Contribution
fawning
Dictionary of English Synonymes
servileadjective
Synonyms:
dependent, menial, held in bondage, held in slavery, held in subjectionservileadjective
Synonyms:
slavish, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, low, beggarly, sneaking, base-minded, low-minded, meanly submissive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#402 | low | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1711 | poor | |
#14908 | bonded | |
#22272 | easement | |
#27379 | vile | |
#39553 | sneaking | |
#45272 | servitude | |
#51865 | abject | |
#62620 | subservient | |
#63236 | enslavement | |
#76394 | menial | |
#79651 | contemptible | |
#81901 | servile | |
#100376 | cringing | |
#111501 | obsequious | |
#112431 | slavish | |
#149613 | beggarly |
How to use servile in a sentence?
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
[I’m not going to] come like a servile puppy dog and say, ‘thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father,’.
That pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack [ my wife ], that I'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.
I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.
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