| Main Entry: | peon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | menial worker |
Synonyms: |
drudge, farm worker, farmhand, gopher, laborer, peasant, serf, servant, slave, unskilled laborer |
| Main Entry: | assistant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, cooperator, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, follower, friend, gofer, help, helpmate, mate, partner, patron, peon*, representative, right-hand person, secretary, subordinate, supporter, temp, temporary worker |
| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slave, very hard worker |
Synonyms: |
factotum, grind*, laborer, menial, nose to grindstone, peon*, plodder, servant, toiler, workaholic, worker, workhorse |
Antonyms: |
idler, laze |
| Main Entry: | gofer |
| 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: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | less in rank, importance |
Synonyms: |
back seat, bottom, bottom-rung, entry-level, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, second-banana, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath |
Antonyms: |
best, better, extraordinary, first-class, first-rate, foremost, superior |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of lesser rank, importance |
Synonyms: |
adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling |
Antonyms: |
superior |
| Main Entry: | laborer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worker |
Synonyms: |
blue-collar worker, drudge, farmhand, grunt, hand, hireling, manual worker, migrant worker, peon, unskilled worker, working man/woman, working stiff |
| Main Entry: | peasant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farmer |
Synonyms: |
boor, bumpkin, countryman/woman, cropper, farmhand, hayseed, hick, hired hand, laborer, peon, planter, provincial, rube, rustic, serf, sharecropper, villein |
| Main Entry: | serf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slave |
Synonyms: |
bondservant, bondsman/woman, chattel, laborer, peon, servant, vassal, villain, villein |
| Main Entry: | slave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who serves, often under duress |
Synonyms: |
bondservant, captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, skivvy, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, workhorse |
Antonyms: |
master |