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

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Peon as a Noun
Definitions of "Peon" as a noun
Synonyms of "Peon" as a noun (15 Words)
Usage Examples of "Peon" as a noun
Associations of "Peon" (30 Words)

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.