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ser·vant noun : one that serves others; especially : a person employed for domestic or personal work

Synonyms

domestic, flunky, lackey, menial, retainer, steward; also butler, footman, groom, houseboy, man, majordomo, manservant, servitor, valet; handmaiden, housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman; attendant, follower

Antonyms

master

1serve verb served; serv·ing 1 : to work as a servant

2 : to render obedience and worship to (God)

3 : to comply with the commands or demands of

4 : to work through or perform a term of service (as in the army)

5 : PUT IN

6 : to be of use

7 : to provide services that benefit or help : BENEFIT

8 : to prove adequate or satisfactory for

9 : to make ready and pass out <~ drinks>

10 : to furnish or supply with something

11 : to wait on <~ a customer>

12 : to treat or act toward in a specified way

13 : to put the ball in play (as in tennis)

Synonyms

[6] act, function, perform, work—more at FUNCTION

[7] avail, benefit, profit—more at BENEFIT

[12] act, be, deal, handle, treat, use—more at TREAT

2serve noun : the act of serving a ball (as in tennis)

serv·er noun 1 : one that serves

2 : a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files) to other computers in the network

1service noun 1 : the occupation of a servant

2 : HELP, BENEFIT

3 : a meeting for worship; also : a form followed in worship or in a ceremony

4 : the act, fact, or means of serving

5 : performance of official or professional duties

6 : SERVE

7 : a set of dishes or silverware

8 a : a branch of public employment; also : the persons in it

b : one of a nation's organized fighting forces (as the army, navy, or air force)

9 : military or naval duty

10 : contribution to the welfare of others; also : disposal for use

Synonyms

[4] boon, courtesy, favor, grace, indulgence, kindness, mercy, turn—more at FAVOR

services [8b] armed forces, military, troops—more at ARMED FORCES

[10] account, avail, use, utility—more at USE

2service verb ser·viced; ser·vic·ing : to do maintenance or repair work on or for

ser·vice·able adjective : prepared for service : USEFUL

Synonyms

applicable, functional, practicable, practical, usable, useful, workable, working—more at PRACTICAL

ser·vice·man noun 1 : a man who is a member of the armed forces

2 : a man employed to repair or maintain equipment

Synonyms

fighter, legionnaire, man-at-arms, regular, soldier, warrior—more at SOLDIER

service mark noun : a mark or device used to identify a service (as transportation or insurance) offered to customers

service station noun : a retail station for servicing motor vehicles

ser·vice·wom·an noun : a woman who is a member of the armed forces

ser·vile adjective 1 : befitting a slave or servant

2 : behaving like a slave : SUBMISSIVE

— ser·vile·ly adverb

ser·vil·i·ty noun : a slave's condition : the state of slavery

serv·ing noun : HELPING

ser·vi·tor noun : a male servant

ser·vi·tude noun : the condition of a slave or serf : SLAVERY, BONDAGE

Synonyms

bondage, enslavement, slavery, thrall, yoke—more at SLAVERY

ser·vo noun, plural servos 1 : SERVOMOTOR

2 : SERVOMECHANISM

ser·vo·mech·a·nism noun : a device for automatically correcting the performance of a mechanism

ser·vo·mo·tor noun : a mechanism that supplements a primary control

ses·a·me noun : a widely cultivated annual herb of warm regions; also : its seeds that yield an edible oil (sesame oil) and are used in flavoring

ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al noun [ORIGIN: L sesqui- one and a half, half again]

: a 150th anniversary or its celebration

— sesquicentennial adjective

ses·qui·pe·da·lian adjective 1 : having many syllables : LONG

2 : using long words

ses·sile adjective : permanently attached and not free to move about

ses·sion noun 1 : a meeting or series