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slavey

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of slavey

1 a person hired to perform household or personal services

  • I'm not your slavey, so pick up after yourself
Synonyms of slavey

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

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 slavey

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

master, mistress

2 a person who does very hard or dull work

  • on the day of the feast the cook and the kitchen slaveys were bustling about well before dawn
Synonyms of slavey

dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slave, slogger, toiler, worker
Words Related to slavey

workhorse

serf
Near Antonyms of slavey

goldbrick, shirker

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

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