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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely compliant |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, acquiescent, at one's beck and call, at one's mercy, bootlicking, cowering, cringing, dancing, deferential, docile, fawning, ignoble, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, inferior, mean, menial, obeisant, obsequious, resigned, servile, slavish, subject, submissive, sycophantic, under one's thumb |
| Antonyms: | controlling, domineering |
| Main Entry: | ancillary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra; supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, appurtenant, attendant, attending, coincident, collateral, concomitant, contributory, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidary |
| Antonyms: | necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
| Synonyms: | abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting |
| Antonyms: | body, main |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under |
| Antonyms: | chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, determined by |
| Synonyms: | accessory to, ancillary, appurtenant, conditional, controlled by, counting, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, reckoning, regulated by, relative, reliant, relying, subject to, subordinate, subservient, susceptible, sustained by, trusting, under control of |
| Antonyms: | free, independent |
| Main Entry: | downtrodden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afflicted, abused |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underdog*, underfoot |
| Antonyms: | happy, respected, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fawning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deferential, groveling |
| Synonyms: | abject, adulatory, bootlicking, bowing, brownnosing, compliant, cowering, crawling, cringing, flattering, humble, ingratiating, kowtowing, mealy-mouthed, obsequious, parasitic, prostrate, scraping, servile, slavish, sniveling, spineless, submissive, subservient, sycophant, sycophantic |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disinterested, proud, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meek, unassuming |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy |
| Main Entry: | menial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly, low-status |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, baseborn, boring, common, degrading, demeaning, dull, fawning, grovelling, humble, humdrum, ignoble, ignominious, low, mean, obeisant, obsequious, routine, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, sycophantic, unskilled, vile |
| Antonyms: | elevated, skilled, superior, talented |
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