Obsequious
Obsequious adjective - Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Obsequious
Subject and obsequious are semantically related in groveling topic. In some cases you can use "Subject" instead an adjective "Obsequious", when it comes to topics like submissive.
Subject
Subject adjective - Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others.
Obsequious and subject are semantically related in submissive topic. Sometimes you can use "Obsequious" instead an adjective "Subject".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Also, the Lei - that is, the formal Italian subject pronoun for "you" - was banned because Mussolini thought it was "foreign-sounding" and "too obsequious"; the voi (its archaic equivalent, similar to the French vous) was put in its place, often with humorous results.
Source: Useful Notes / Fascist Italy
Cite this Source
Subject and Obsequious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/obsequious/subject
Obsequious & Subject. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/obsequious/subject>.
Subject or Obsequious. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/obsequious/subject.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "obsequious" and "subject" have occurred on timeline