Synonyms for subservience
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Noun
1. Servility
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being subservient.
Related words
- Other spellings
- subserviency
Forms
- Plural
- subserviences → servilities, obsequiousnesses, subordinations, obediences…
Example sentences
- servility How do you define "servility"?
- obsequiousness Tom's obsequiousness towards John was nauseating.
- obedience We should always act in obedience to the law.
- inferiority Inferiority complex - what exactly does that mean?
- subordination I will not tolerate such subordination.
- abasement I did not submit to abasement!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| subservience | steady | |
| servility | steady | |
| obsequiousness | steady | |
| obedience | rising | |
| inferiority | steady | |
| subordination | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- obedience4, servility4, abasement
- 11 letters
- inferiority6
- 13 letters
- subordination5
- 14 letters
- obsequiousness
- 15 letters
- subservientness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obedience4 = 4 syllables).