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menial

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of menial

showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness

  • every command was obeyed in the menial manner of someone who seemed grateful just to be in the presence of a celebrity
Synonyms of menial

abject, base, humble, servile, slavish
Words Related to menial

hangdog, lamblike, sheepish

demure, lowly, meek, modest, retiring, unassuming, unpretentious

fawning, sycophant, sycophantic, toadyish
Near Antonyms of menial

arrogant, haughty, high-handed, imperious, lordly, supercilious, superior, uppity

menial

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of menial

a person hired to perform household or personal services

  • immigrants to that country faced fierce prejudice and could expect to find work only as menials
Synonyms of menial

daily [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey), lackey, retainer, servant, slavey, steward
Words Related to menial

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 of menial

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

master, mistress

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