Be servile


Synonyms for be servile
verb submit, concede

defer
kowtow
acquiesce
comply

yield
relent
bend
accept

surrender
succumb
capitulate
give in

cave
knuckle under
knuckle

Antonyms for be servile

deny
refuse
reject
disallow

overpower
disagree
decline
oppose

conquer
fight
win
defend

Synonyms
verb ingratiate oneself to; serve

crouch
grovel
defer
kowtow
flatter
stroke
submit
toady
creep
cotton
pander
debase
snow

scrape
jolly
stoop
woo
cajole
abase
kneel
oil
invite
court
crawl
truckle
blandish

cower
yield
bow
slaver
cringe
massage
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up
curry favor
be at beck and call
be obsequious
buddy up

cater to
cave in to
fall all over
honey up
lay it on
lick boots
make up to
pay court
play up to
fall on one’s knees

Antonyms

deny
refuse
honor

ignore
reject
force

fight

Synonyms
verb work very hard

toil
grub
grovel

grind
muck
plod

slog
drudge
skivvy

work fingers to bone

Antonyms

idle

be lazy

Synonyms
verb bow down

squat
crouch
hunch
sink

incline
relax
dip
lean

slant
bow
bend
duck

cringe
kneel
descend
be bowed

Antonyms

straighten
stretch
grow

increase
ascend
rise

fight
rise above

Synonyms
verb fawn

kowtow
flatter
woo
stroke
oil
cajole

bootlick
massage
truckle
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up

fall all over
honey up
kiss-up
lay it on
lick boots
pay court

play up to
suck up to
fall on one’s knees
kiss one’s feet
scratch one’s back

Synonyms
verb fawn

kowtow
flatter
woo
grovel
stroke
oil

cajole
bootlick
toady
massage
apple-polish
brownnose

butter up
fall all over
honey up
kiss-up
lay it on
lick boots

pay court
play up to
suck up to
fall on one’s knees
kiss one’s feet
scratch one’s back

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