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retainer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of retainer

1 a person hired to perform household or personal services

knights being dressed for battle by their retainers

Synonyms of retainer

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

Words Related to retainer

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 retainer

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

Antonyms of retainer

master, mistress

2 one who works for another for wages or a salary

lifelong civil service retainers

Synonyms of retainer

employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, worker

Words Related to retainer

assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey), subordinate, underling, yes-man

drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British], toiler

nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman

associate, colleague, coworker

temp, temporary

Near Antonyms of retainer

boss, superior, supervisor

Antonyms of retainer

employer, gaffer [British]

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