slavey | Definition of slavey

Synonyms and Antonyms of slavey

1 a person hired to perform household or personal services

I'm not your slavey, so pick up after yourself

Synonyms of slavey

daily [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey), lackey, menial, retainer, servant, steward

Words Related to slavey

butler, footman, groom, houseboy, houseman, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet

handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman

assistant, attendant, companion, factotum, follower

dogsbody [chiefly British], drudge, gofer (or gopher)

Near Antonyms of slavey

boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster

Antonyms of slavey

master, mistress

2 a person who does very hard or dull work

on the day of the feast the cook and the kitchen slaveys were bustling about well before dawn

Synonyms of slavey

dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slave, slogger, toiler, worker

Words Related to slavey

Near Antonyms of slavey

goldbrick, shirker

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard