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adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

implemental, instrumental, subservient

adj. serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"

slavish, subservient, submissive

adj. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"

inferior

adj. of or characteristic of low rank or importance

acquiescent, biddable

adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"

useful, utile

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

effectual

adj. exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"

bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish

adj. attempting to win favor by flattery

cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy

adj. totally submissive

adjunct, assistant

adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

associate(a)

adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

buck

adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"

proxy, deputy

adj. acting as substitute for another

ruled

adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

subject, dependent

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

under(a)

adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

accommodating

adj. obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

adjuvant

adj. enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

assistive

adj. giving assistance

face-saving

adj. maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"

facilitative

adj. freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"

facilitatory

adj. inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity

kind

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

laborsaving, laboursaving

adj. designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines"

ministrant

adj. giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"

reformative, reformatory

adj. tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment"

right-hand

adj. most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"

stabilizing, stabilising

adj. causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"

steadying

adj. causing to become steady; "had a steadying effect on her nerves"

obsequious

adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

slavelike

adj. suitable for a slave or servant

dominant

adj. exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

superior

adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler"

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