serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.

servile; excessively submissive; obsequious

subservient persons; subservient conduct.

useful in promoting a purpose or end.

adjective

controlling , domineering , unhelpful , unnecessary , useless

adjective

abject , acquiescent , a slave to , at one’s beck and call , at one’s mercy , bootlicking , cowering , cringing , dancing , deferential , docile , fawning , ignoble , inferior , in one’s clutches , in one’s pocket , in one’s power , mean , menial , obeisant , obsequious , resigned , servile , slavish , subject , submissive , sycophantic , under one’s thumb , accessory , adjuvant , ancillary , appurtenant , auxiliary , bush-league * , collateral , conducive , contributory , flunky , helpful , instrumental , minor , serviceable , subordinate , subsidiary , supplemental , supplementary , dependent , compliant , secondary , truckling , under