| under(adjective, weak, poor, collateral, helpless) |
| at beck and call(expression, adjective, idiom, subject, subservient) |
| led by the nose(expression, adjective, idiom, subject, distressed) |
| under control |
| underdog |
| dependent(adjective, weak, collateral, helpless, low-set) |
| inferior(adjective, weak, poor, collateral, helpless) |
| secondary(adjective, weak, poor, collateral, helpless) |
| subordinate(adjective, weak, poor, collateral, helpless) |
| tied to apron strings(expression, adjective, idiom, weak, poor) |
| unsustaining(adjective, weak, poor, collateral, helpless) |
| adjunctive(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| adjuvant(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| adulatory(adjective, subservient, sycophantic, fainthearted, falsehearted) |
| anesthetized(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| appurtenant(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| back seat(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| below the mark(expression, idiom, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| bet on |
| bootlicking(adjective, submissive, deferential, subservient, sycophantic) |