Synonyms: 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
Similar words: bootlicking, toadyish, sycophantic, fawning
Definition: attempting to win favor by flattery
Similar words: obsequious
Definition: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
Usage: obsequious shop assistants
Similar words: 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: slavelike
Definition: suitable for a slave or servant
Synonyms: servile
Definition: relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
Usage: Brown's attempt at servile insurrection; the servile wars of Sicily; servile work