Synonyms of the word

flunky

• n. A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for his loyalty or muscle rather than his intellect.

flunkey

• n. An underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working…
• n. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
• n. One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.].

follower

• n. (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
• n. Something that comes after another thing.
• n. One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
• n. One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
• n. An imitator, who follows another's example.
• n. A pursuer.
• n. A person or an account holding entity who's following someone or something (such as a company, a government…
• n. A machine part receiving motion from another.
• n. A man courting a maidservant.
• n. Young cattle.
• n. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
• n. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually…
• n. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.

lackey

• n. A footman, a liveried male servant.
• n. A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
• v. (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To toady, play the flunky.

retainer

• n. Any thing or person that retains.
• n. A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
• n. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
• n. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
• n. (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

servant

• n. One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to…
• n. One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
• v. (obsolete) To subject.

stooge

• n. One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
• n. (comedy) A straight man.
• n. A secret informant for police.
• n. (psychology) A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study…
• v. (intransitive) To act as a straight man.

yes-man

• n. Alternative spelling of yes man.