Synonyms: slavish, submissive, subservient
Definition: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Usage: 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
Similar words: servile
Definition: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
Usage: spoke in a servile tone; the incurably servile housekeeper; servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work
Synonyms: instrumental, implemental, subservient
Definition: serving or acting as a means or aid
Usage: instrumental in solving the crime
Similar words: helpful
Definition: providing assistance or serving a useful function
Synonyms: subservient
Definition: compliant and obedient to authority
Usage: 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
Similar words: subordinate
Definition: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
Usage: a subordinate kingdom