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flunky

noun
variants: also flunkey or flunkie

Synonyms and Antonyms of flunky

1 a person hired to perform household or personal services
  • Since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is.
Synonyms of flunky

domestic, lackey, menial, retainer, servant, slavey, steward
Words Related to flunky

butler, footman, houseboy, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet

handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, woman
Near Antonyms of flunky

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

master, mistress
2 a person who flatters another in order to get ahead
  • a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies
Synonyms of flunky

bootlicker, fawner, sycophant, toady
Words Related to flunky

yes-man

hanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge, sponger

henchman, lackey, minion, stooge

groveler, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot

adherent, convert, disciple, follower, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votary

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