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

Need another word that means the same as “servant”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “servant” in this overview.

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Servant as a Noun
Definitions of "Servant" as a noun
Synonyms of "Servant" as a noun (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Servant" as a noun
Associations of "Servant" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Servant” are: retainer, handmaid, handmaiden, attendant, helper, supporter, follower

Servant as a Noun

Definitions of "Servant" as a noun

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

A devoted and helpful follower or supporter.
A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.
In a subordinate position.
A person employed in the service of a government.
A person working in the service of another (especially in the household.

Synonyms of "Servant" as a noun (7 Words)

attendant	An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. A mosaic of the Empress Theodora with her attendants.
follower	A person who moves or travels behind someone or something. Followers of Nietzsche.
handmaid	A subservient partner or element. This is not to say that the researcher simply becomes the handmaid* of the practitioner.*
handmaiden	In a subordinate position. Theology should be the handmaiden* of ethics.*
helper	A person who helps someone else. There was no shortage of willing helpers.
retainer	An appliance for keeping a loose tooth, an orthodontic prosthesis, or orthodontically aligned teeth in place. A guitar string retainer.
supporter	A representation of an animal or other figure, typically one of a pair, holding up or standing beside an escutcheon. Labour supporters.

Usage Examples of "Servant" as a noun

The state cannot be a servant of the church.
He was a great servant of the Labour Party.
A government servant.

Associations of "Servant" (30 Words)

allegiant	That owes or gives allegiance (to someone or something); loyal, faithful. It is impossible to be allegiant* to two opposing forces.*
butler	English poet (1612-1680.
cleaner	A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. She s one of the office cleaners.
dutiful	Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one’s duty. A dutiful* visit.*
enslave	Make a slave of; bring into servitude. They were enslaved by their need to take drugs.
epigone	A less distinguished follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher. The humdrum compositions of some of Beethoven s epigones.
factotum	An employee who does all kinds of work. He was employed as the general factotum.
fawning	Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. Fawning adoration.
flatter	Choose to believe something favourable about oneself, typically when this belief is unfounded. I was very flattered to be given the commission.
flattery	Excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one’s own interests. She allowed no hint of flattery* to enter her voice.*
follower	Someone who is tracking a particular person, group, organization, etc. on a social media website or application. She remains an immensely divisive figure but she has a million followers on Facebook.
footman	A slender moth that is typically of a subdued colour, the caterpillar feeding almost exclusively on lichens.
groveling	Totally submissive.
henchman	A faithful follower or political supporter, especially one prepared to engage in crime or violence by way of service. The dictator s henchman.
hireling	A person who works purely for material reward. The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes.
housekeeper	A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household.
ingratiate	Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts. A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate* herself with the local aristocracy.*
ingratiating	Capable of winning favor. An ingratiating* manner.*
lackey	Behave in a servile way towards (someone. He denied that he was the lackey* of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.*
maid	A female domestic servant. Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid.
minion	A servile or fawning dependant. He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off.
obedient	Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority. A little man obedient* to his wife.*
obsequious	Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Obsequious shop assistants.
parasite	A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. He was a parasite* who lived off other people.*
servile	Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. Servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work.
submissive	Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant S H Adams. Submissive servants.
sycophant	A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
sycophantic	Attempting to win favor by flattery. A sycophantic* interview.*
toady	A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important. She imagined him toadying to his rich clients.
unctuous	(chiefly of minerals) having a greasy or soapy feel. He seemed anxious to please but not in an unctuous* way.*