Need another word that means the same as “peon”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “peon” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Peon” are: drudge, galley slave, navvy, servant, domestic servant, domestic, maid of all work, steward, waiter, waitress, porter, menial, auxiliary, assistant, helper
Peon as a Noun
Definitions of "Peon" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “peon” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A debtor held in servitude by a creditor, especially in the southern US and Mexico.
- A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
- A bullfighter who uses banderillas (darts thrust into a bull's neck or shoulders); a banderillero.
- A Spanish American day labourer or unskilled farm worker.
- A person who does menial work.
- (in South and SE Asia) a low-ranking worker such as an attendant, orderly, or assistant.
Synonyms of "Peon" as a noun (15 Words)
assistant | A person who ranks below a senior person. A care assistant. |
auxiliary | An auxiliary verb. A nursing auxiliary. |
domestic | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. They are often called to sort out a domestic. |
domestic servant | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. |
drudge | A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. I felt like a household drudge. |
galley slave | The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner. |
helper | A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help. There was no shortage of willing helpers. |
maid of all work | A female domestic. |
menial | A person with a menial job. |
navvy | A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. |
porter | A person employed to carry supplies on a mountaineering expedition. A hospital porter. |
servant | A person working in the service of another (especially in the household. The state cannot be a servant of the church. |
steward | A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management. Farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside. |
waiter | A person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity. |
waitress | A woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant. |
Usage Examples of "Peon" as a noun
- The elder son is a peon at a nearby school.
- Racing drivers aren't exactly nine-to-five peons.
Associations of "Peon" (30 Words)
agricultural | (in a sporting context) clumsy. Keith took an agricultural swing at the ball. |
agriculture | The class of people engaged in growing food. |
botanist | An expert in or student of the scientific study of plants. A botanist announced he d bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid. |
bucolic | (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. A pleasant bucolic scene. |
countryside | The inhabitants of countryside areas. The political influence of the countryside remains strong. |
cowhand | A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. |
crop | Yield crops. You can always crop the picture afterwards. |
cultivator | A mechanical implement for breaking up the ground and uprooting weeds. Rotary cultivators are ideal in the kitchen garden. |
dairy | A farm where dairy products are produced. I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy. |
farmer | United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920. |
farmhouse | House for a farmer and family. A farmhouse kitchen. |
gardener | Someone who takes care of a garden. A part time gardener and handyman. |
harvest | Gather a crop as a harvest. After harvesting most of the crop is stored in large buildings. |
infidel | A person who does not acknowledge your god. A crusade against infidels and heretics. |
intelligentsia | An educated and intellectual elite. A distrust of the intelligentsia and of theoretical learning. |
laity | In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy. |
peasant | An ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person. Peasants left the farms to work in industry. |
provincial | (in Canada) sporting contests held between teams representing the country’s administrative divisions. Narrow provincial attitudes. |
rancher | A ranch house. |
reaper | Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields. |
rural | In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. Rural people. |
rustic | Awkwardly simple and provincial. Bare plaster walls and terracotta floor give a rustic feel. |
scythe | Cut with a scythe. Scythe grass or grain. |
serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord. |
serfdom | The state of a serf. The liberation of the peasants from serfdom. |
servitude | The subjection of property to an easement. Penal servitude. |
shopkeeper | The owner and manager of a shop. |
vassalage | The state of a serf. |
vendible | Fit to be offered for sale. |
yeoman | A member of the yeomanry force. |