a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; |
2. | Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. | |
3. | (Gram.) Not belonging to the original root; | |
n. | 1. | (Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; - opposed to |
Adj. | 1. | servile - pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily" |
2. | servile - submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" Antonyms: unservile, unsubmissive - not servile or submissive | |
3. | servile - involving slaves; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection" |