| Main Entry: | protégé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dependent, pupil |
Synonyms: |
apprentice, charge, discovery, star student, student, ward |
| Notes: | prodigy refers to a person with exceptional talents, protégé is a male who is guided or helped by someone, and protégée is the female version |
| Main Entry: | client |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | customer |
Synonyms: |
applicant, believer, buyer, chump, consumer, dependent, disciple, follower, front, habitué, head, mark, patient, patron, protégé, protégée, purchaser, shopper, walk-in, ward |
Antonyms: |
manager, owner |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | ward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custody; person in one's custody |
Synonyms: |
adopted child, care, charge, child, client, dependent, foster child, godchild, guardianship, keeping, minor, orphan, pensioner, protection, protégé, protégée, pupil, safekeeping, trust |