Dictionary Check: subservient

"subservient" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 20 points

Definition

adjective

compliant and obedient to authority

Example: "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"
adjective

serving or acting as a means or aid

Example: "instrumental in solving the crime"
adjective

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

Example: "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
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