Meaning : Compliant and obedient to authority.
Example :
Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones.
Meaning : Serving or acting as a means or aid.
Example :
Instrumental in solving the crime.
Synonyms : implemental, instrumental
Meaning : Abjectly submissive. Characteristic of a slave or servant.
Example :
Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
A slavish yes-man to the party bosses.
She has become submissive and subservient.
Synonyms : slavish, submissive