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
• flunkeys
• stewards
• domestics
• flunkies
• butlers
• grooms
• dailies
• servitors
• footmen
• assistants
• valets
• houseboys
• companions
• menservants
• housemen
• men
• ladies-in-waiting
• maidservants
• attendants
• followers
• handmaids
• handmaidens
• housemaids
• wenches
• gophers
• factotums
• majordomos
• gofers
• drudges
• dogsbodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in employes

one who works for another for wages or a salary

lifelong civil service retainers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employes
• employees
• workers
• assistants
• hirelings
• colleagues
• laborers
• associates
• jobholders
• hands
• subordinates
• flunkeys
• underlings
• cogs
• yes-men
• co-workers
• 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