| Main Entry: | retainer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staff |
Synonyms: |
adherents, appliance, attendant, clique, company, cortege, crew, employee, entourage, fee, followers, gang, minion, retinue, servant, train |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given beforehand |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, floater, front money, hike, increase, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch* |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | down payment; money saved |
Synonyms: |
drop, installment, money in the bank, partial payment, pledge, retainer, security, stake, warranty |
Antonyms: |
debit, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | entourage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | followers |
Synonyms: |
associates, attendants, companions, company, cortege, court, courtiers, escort, following, groupies, hangers-on, retainers, retinue, staff, suite, sycophants, toadies, train |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | lackey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | servant |
Synonyms: |
attendant, butler, domestic, doormat, drudge, factotum, flunkey, retainer, steward, subordinate, toady, underling, valet, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | servant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who waits on another |
Synonyms: |
assistant, attendant, cleaning person, dependent, domestic, drudge, help, helper, hireling, live-in, menial, minion, retainer, serf, server, slave |
Antonyms: |
master |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | suite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entourage of people |
Synonyms: |
array, attendants, batch, body, clutch, cortege, court, escort, faculty, followers, group, lot, retainers, retinue, servants, set, staff, train |
| Main Entry: | wall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, divider |
Synonyms: |
bank, bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, curb, dam, embankment, enclosure, facade, fence, fortification, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, levee, limitation, palisade, panel, paneling, parapet, partition, rampart, restriction, retainer, roadblock, screen, side, stockade, stop, surface |
| Main Entry: | possessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, buyer, heir, heiress, holder, inheritor, laird, landlady, landlord, landowner, legatee, lessee, master, occupant, occupier, partner, proprietor, proprietress, purchaser, retainer, trustee |