Synonyms of staff

staff

noun

1

as in workforce

a body of persons at work or available for work

we're working with a short staff at the office today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• workforce
• manpower
• personnel
• pool
• crew
• employee
• worker
• help
• labor force
• team
• force
• company
• squad
• employe
• support
• labor
• band
• gang
• party
• helper
• rank and file
• proletariat
• blood
• outfit
• hireling

2

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cane
• baton
• club
• bat
• rod
• billy club
• mallet
• cudgel
• billy
• mace
• truncheon
• bludgeon
• bastinade
• shillalah
• nightstick
• bastinado
• hammer
• rung
• waddy
• shillelagh
• sap
• birch
• rattan
• crozier
• switch
• hickory
• beetle
• blackjack
• maul
• stave
• crosier
• knobkerrie
• gavel
• walking stick
• crook
• sledgehammer
• crabstick
• whangee