Synonyms of retainers

retainers

noun

plural of retainer

1

as in servants

a person hired to perform household or personal services

knights being dressed for battle by their retainers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• servants
• maids
• lackeys
• housekeepers
• menials
• women
• domestics
• flunkies
• stewards
• butlers
• grooms
• dailies
• servitors
• assistants
• footmen
• men
• valets
• houseboys
• menservants
• housemen
• companions
• ladies-in-waiting
• maidservants
• attendants
• followers
• handmaidens
• housemaids
• wenches
• factotums
• majordomos
• gofers
• drudges
• dogsbodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masters
• mistresses
• leaders
• chiefs
• bosses
• heads
• captains
• foremen
• headmen
• kingpins
• taskmasters
• helmsmen

2

as in employees

one who works for another for wages or a salary

lifelong civil service retainers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employees
• workers
• assistants
• hirelings
• colleagues
• laborers
• associates
• jobholders
• hands
• subordinates
• underlings
• cogs
• yes-men
• flunkies
• wage earners
• grubs
• toilers
• gandy dancers
• coworkers
• workingmen
• workwomen
• wageworkers
• workingwomen
• workmen
• wage slaves
• temporaries
• jobbers
• navvies
• hacks
• drudges
• temps
• nine-to-fivers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employers
• supervisors
• bosses
• superiors
• gaffers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retainers

This bootstrapped San Jose firm is profitable from day one, securing $20,000-$30,000 monthly retainers from small businesses. — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

People have retainers for their lawyers. — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 May 2026

How To Improve Your Soil's Moisture Retention A short-term solution for small areas or containers with hydrophobic soil is a commercial wetting agent, often called water retainers or penetrants. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026

Wearing a night guard can help support better sleep, healthier teeth and reduced jaw discomfort and custom retainers help maintain alignment and protect your smile. — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

Regulars get the same attendant from visit to visit and treat them like family retainers. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026

Most of the contracts are retainers — with the lobbying firms receiving an equal payment each quarter. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025

Domestically, Roosevelt’s progressive reforms—breaking up dozens of monopolies, modifying railroad rates, setting aside public lands for conservation—cut against the long run of industrial oligarchy enjoyed by assorted oil, timber, and coal kings in collusion with their congressional retainers. — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025

Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025