Antonyms of adj subservient

3 senses of subservient

Sense 1
subservient -- (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)

INDIRECT (VIA subordinate) -> insubordinate -- (not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys")

Sense 2
implemental, instrumental, subservient -- (serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime")

INDIRECT (VIA helpful) -> unhelpful -- (providing no assistance)

Sense 3
slavish, subservient, submissive -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA servile) -> unservile, unsubmissive -- (not servile or submissive)

Similarity of adj subservient

3 senses of subservient

Sense 1
subservient -- (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)
       => subordinate (vs. insubordinate) -- (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom")

Sense 2
implemental, instrumental, subservient -- (serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime")
       => helpful (vs. unhelpful) -- (providing assistance or serving a useful function)

Sense 3
slavish, subservient, submissive -- (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")
       => servile (vs. unservile) -- (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")

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