LACKEYS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

lackeys

noun

plural of lackey

as in servants

a person hired to perform household or personal services we sent the lackey out to get doughnuts for the office

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Recent Examples of lackeys For Burr, that his character, in reality, had been replaced by corporate lackeys explains so much of what’s wrong with the world. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026 These are perfunctory roles by definition, so lackeys of one kind or another are often favored. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026 Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests. — Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 Using new professional management and corporate integration techniques to take advantage of the circular death-spiral, Morgan and his lackeys consolidated 67 percent of the country’s steel production under the umbrella of the largest company the world had ever seen, US Steel. — Joe Wilkins Published Mar 4, Futurism, 4 Mar. 2026 His Republican lackeys, the same ones who natter on about limited government and deregulation and staying out of businesses’ way, will presumably get onboard with this. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026 Trump and his lackeys do their best to disrupt free and fair elections, abrogate freedom of speech and curtail press freedom. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026

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servants

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Banks paid millions of dollars by today’s standards to bring along a botanist, artists, servants, his greyhound and scientific equipment.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The remains of these servants, or retainers, were first excavated from the funerary complexes at Abydos, eastern Egypt, which date from around 3000 BC, in the 1920s.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

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