Synonyms for servile
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Obsequious
obsequious, slavish, subservient, sycophantic, submissive, abject, fawning, menial, groveling, meek, unctuous, courtly, low, mean, base, supple, toadyish, sequacious, wretched, lowly, inferior
Definitions
- adj. 1
Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
Example sentences
- subservient Tom made his wife subservient to his needs.
- obsequious Obsequious people make me feel uncomfortable.
- silent As he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
- quiescent His normally quiescent demeanor hid a storm of ideas beneath the surface.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| servile | steady | |
| subservient | steady | |
| slavish | steady | |
| sycophantic | rising | |
| obsequious | rising | |
| silent | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, base1, meek1
- 5 letters
- lowly2
- 6 letters
- silent2, abject2, supple2, menial3
- 7 letters
- fawning2, courtly2, slavish2
- 8 letters
- inferior4, wretched2, unctuous2, toadyish
- 9 letters
- dependent3, dependant, quiescent3, groveling3
- 10 letters
- submissive3, obsequious4, sequacious
- 11 letters
- subservient4, sycophantic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lowly2 = 2 syllables).