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MINION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MINION?

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Minion as a Noun
Definitions of "Minion" as a noun
Synonyms of "Minion" as a noun (18 Words)
Usage Examples of "Minion" as a noun
Associations of "Minion" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Minion” are: underling, henchman, flunkey, lackey, hanger-on, follower, camp follower, servant, hireling, vassal, stooge, creature, toady, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, lickspittle, myrmidon

Minion as a Noun

Definitions of "Minion" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “minion” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A servile or fawning dependant.
A follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

Synonyms of "Minion" as a noun (18 Words)

camp follower	Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality.
creature	A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. As fellow creatures on this planet animals deserve respect.
fawner	A person who gives a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection. The consummate fawner* was able to sway a president with false deference.*
flatterer	A person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant. He is not allowing flatterers to deceive him.
flunkey	A person of unquestioning obedience.
follower	Someone who travels behind or pursues another. Followers of Nietzsche.
hanger-on	Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.
henchman	(in Scotland) the principal attendant of a Highland chief. The dictator s henchman.
hireling	A person who works only for money. The government s paid hirelings assure us that we re on our way out of recession.
lackey	A servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. Lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage.
lickspittle	A person who behaves obsequiously to those in power. He is a lickspittle* for the Establishment.*
myrmidon	A follower who carries out orders without question. One of Hitler s myrmidons.
servant	A person working in the service of another (especially in the household. He was a great servant* of the Labour Party.*
stooge	A subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work. Party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office.
sycophant	A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
toady	A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
underling	A person lower in status or rank. She was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee.
vassal	A person or country in a subordinate position to another. A vassal* state of the Ottoman Empire.*

Usage Examples of "Minion" as a noun

He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off.

Associations of "Minion" (30 Words)

acolyte	A person assisting a priest in a religious service or procession. She runs the department through a small group of acolytes.
allegiant	That owes or gives allegiance (to someone or something); loyal, faithful. It is impossible to be allegiant* to two opposing forces.*
butler	A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table.
cleaner	A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. My suit s at the cleaners.
dutiful	Motivated by duty rather than desire or enthusiasm. A dutiful* visit.*
enslave	Make a slave of; bring into servitude. They were enslaved by their need to take drugs.
epigone	An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician. The humdrum compositions of some of Beethoven s epigones.
factotum	A servant employed to do a variety of jobs. He was employed as the general factotum.
faithful	Those who are faithful to a particular religion or political party. The film was faithful* to the book.*
fawning	Attempting to win favor by flattery. Fawning interviews with Hollywood celebs.
flatter	Cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased. She was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted.
follower	Someone who travels behind or pursues another. She remains an immensely divisive figure but she has a million followers on Facebook.
footman	A soldier in the infantry.
henchman	A squire or page of honour to a person of rank. The dictator s henchman.
hireling	A person employed to do menial work. The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes.
housekeeper	A person employed to perform cleaning and other domestic tasks in a hotel or institution.
lackey	Behave in a servile way towards (someone. Lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage.
loyal	Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. Loyal subjects.
maid	An unmarried girl (especially a virgin. Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid.
mercenary	Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. She s nothing but a mercenary* little gold digger.*
obedient	Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority. An obedient* soldier.*
parasite	An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host. The parasite* attaches itself to the mouths of fishes.*
retainer	A reduced rent paid to retain accommodation during a period of non-occupancy. A guitar string retainer.
servant	A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant. He was a great servant* of the Labour Party.*
servile	Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. The servile* condition of the peasants.*
slimy	Covered with or resembling slime. A slimy* cigar puffing political fixer.*
submissive	Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant S H Adams. Replacing troublemakers with more submissive* people.*
sycophant	A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
sycophantic	Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage. A sycophantic* interview.*
toady	A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important. She imagined him toadying to his rich clients.