- serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- excessively submissive; servile; obsequious: subservient persons;subservient conduct.
- useful in promoting a purpose or end.
- obsequious in behaviour or attitude
- serving as a means to an end
- a less common word for subordinate (def. 2)
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