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Definitions for Servile
[1] slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
[2] characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience.
[3] yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to ).
[4] extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality.
[5] being in slavery; oppressed.
[6] of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants.
[7] of or relating to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved: medieval rebellions against servile laws.
[8] obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive
[9] of or suitable for a slave
[10] existing in or relating to a state of slavery
[11] (when postpositive, foll by to ) submitting or obedient
Words related to Servile
abject, base, beggarly, craven, cringing, despicable, fawning, humble, ignoble, low, mean, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, slavish, submissive, unctuous, bootlicking, sycophantic
Words nearby Servile
serviceperson, services, servicewoman, servient tenement, serviette, servile, servile work, serving, servite, servitor, servitude
Origin of Servile
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin servīlis, equivalent to serv- (stem of servīre to be a slave) + -īlis -ile
Other words from Servile
ser·vile·ly , adverb
ser·vil·i·ty , ser·vile·ness , noun
non·ser·vile , adjective
non·ser·vile·ly , adverb
non·ser·vile·ness , noun
o·ver·ser·vile , adjective
o·ver·ser·vile·ly , adverb
o·ver·ser·vile·ness , noun
o·ver·ser·vil·i·ty , noun
pseu·do·ser·vile , adjective
pseu·do·ser·vile·ly , adverb
un·ser·vile , adjective
un·ser·vile·ly , adverb
Word origin for Servile
C14: from Latin servīlis, from servus slave
Synonyms for Servile
abject, base, beggarly, bootlicking, craven, cringing, despicable, eating crow, eating humble pie, fawning, humble, ignoble, low, mean, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, slavish, submissive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous, unresisting