Dependent
Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.
Subservient is a synonym for dependent in contingent topic. In some cases you can use "Subservient" instead the word "Dependent" as an adjective or an adverb, when it comes to topics like over, subsidiary.
Subservient
Subservient adjective - Compliant and obedient to authority.
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Synonyms for Subservient
Dependent is a synonym for subservient in over topic. You can use "Dependent" instead the word "Subservient" as an adjective or an adverb, if it concerns topics such as contingent.
Nearby Words: subservience, subserviently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- subject and dependent
- subject and subservient
- inferior and dependent
- inferior and subservient
- enslaved and dependent
- enslaved and subservient
- subordinate and dependent
- subordinate and subservient
- slave and dependent
- slave and subservient
- minor and dependent
- minor and subservient
- lesser and dependent
- lesser and subservient
Both words in one sentence
- The Wersgor are criticized for being too dependent on their Vast Bureaucracy and habitually subservient, similar criticisms to those levied against modern Western states by many conservatives.
Source: Literature / The High Crusade - They all become increasingly subservient to and dependent on the vampire after repeated feedings.
Source: The Renfield -
Break the Cutie: Jackie grew up with an abusive father and a distant mother and only had her bossy sister to turn to for comfort, which made her completely dependent on and subservient to said sister who often took gleeful advantage of this.
Source: Series / Roseanne
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