Synonyms for hireling
Most common
lackey flunky myrmidon soldier of fortune mercenary pensionary
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Noun
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Definitions
- n. 1
An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
Forms
- Plural
- hirelings → lackeys, flunkies, myrmidons, mercenaries…
Choose the right word
mercenarius, from merces, pay, reward) signifies influenced chiefly or only by desire for gain or reward; thus, etymologically, the mercenary can be hired, while the venal are openly or actually for sale; hireling (AS.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- lackey You treat me like a lackey and I don't like it.
- flunky If you behave like a flunky, you'll be treated like a flunky.
- mercenary As a mercenary, did you participate in torture sessions?
By length
- 4 letters
- tool1
- 6 letters
- lackey2, flunky
- 8 letters
- myrmidon3
- 9 letters
- mercenary4
- 10 letters
- pensionary
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lackey2 = 2 syllables).