servility

Questions about servility

What does servility mean?

servility means "abject or cringing submissiveness".

How many syllables are in servility?

servility has 4 syllables: ser-vi-li-ty. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /ˈsɝvɪləˌti/.

What is another word for servility?

Close synonyms include obsequiousness, subservience. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is servility a common word?

servility is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with servility?

66 words rhyme with servility. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.