Obsequious Meaning, Definitions, Synonyms & Antonyms

Obsequious [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]

ADJECTIVE

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
If someone is obsequious, it means that the person is eager to agree with the person more important than him to impress them.
Marked by a fawning attentiveness or obedience.

Example

“I can proudly say that my brother has obsequious manners.”

"Hee is an obsequious person while he is with his manager."

Synonyms

Abject, Toadying, Servile, Oleaginous, Grovelling, Subservient, Beggarly, Ingratiating, Kowtowing, Menial, Obesiant, Complacent, Compliant, Slavish

Antonyms

Arrogant, Assertive, Presumptuous, Brazen, Confident