slavey

slavey

noun

Definition of SLAVEY

1

a person hired to perform household or personal services <I'm not your slavey, so pick up after yourself>

Synonyms daily [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lackey, menial, retainer, slavey, steward

Related Words butler, footman, groom, houseboy, houseman, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet; handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman; assistant, attendant, companion, factotum, follower; dogsbody [chiefly British], drudge, gofer (or gopher)

Near Antonyms boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster

Antonyms master, mistress

2

a person who does very hard or dull work <on the day of the feast the cook and the kitchen slaveys were bustling about well before dawn>

Synonyms dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker

Related Words workhorse; coolie, serf

Near Antonyms goldbrick, shirker; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard