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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | errand boy or girl |
| Synonyms: | bottom person on the totem pole, gal Friday, go getter, grunt, guy Friday, hired help, low person on the totem pole, office boy, office girl, peon, scrub |
| Main Entry: | courier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messenger |
| Synonyms: | bearer, carrier, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, express, go-between, gofer, gopher, herald, intelligencer, internuncio, runner |
| Antonyms: | receiver, sender |
| Main Entry: | helper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, attendant, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, follower, friend, gal Friday, girl Friday, gofer, help, helpmate, henchman, man Friday, paraprofessional, partner, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, subordinate, supporter, temp, temporary worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | henchman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follower |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, assistant, attendant, backer, backup*, bodyguard, coadjutant, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, friend, gal Friday, girl Friday, gofer, hanger-on, hatchet man/woman, help, helper, helpmate, lackey, man Friday, partner, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, sidekick*, stooge, subordinate, supporter, yes-person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, commissionaire, courier, crier, delegate, delivery person, detachment, detail, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, errand person, flag-bearer, forerunner, go-between, gofer, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, schlepper |
| Notes: | a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen |
| Antonyms: | receiver |
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person that serves another |
| Synonyms: | aide, assistant, attendant, dependent, deputy, flunky, gofer, helper, inferior, junior, peon, poor relation, scrub, second, second fiddle, second string, serf, servant, slave, subaltern, third string, underling |
| Antonyms: | boss, chief, leader, major, manager, master, superior |
| Main Entry: | underling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subordinate |
| Synonyms: | aide, assistant, attendant, deputy, flunky, gofer, helper, inferior, lackey, minion, peon, scrub, second, second fiddle, second stringer, serf, servant, slave |
| Main Entry: | flunky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attendant |
| Synonyms: | drudge, footman, gofer, lackey, servant, snob, steward, sycophant, toady |
| Main Entry: | office boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male office assistant |
| Synonyms: | boy Friday, copyboy, errand boy, gofer, messenger boy, page |
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