Synonyms for menial

Most common

slave · servant · drudge · flunky · lackey · serf · underling · scullion

All synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Antonyms

skilled, important, dignified

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A servant, especially a domestic servant.

2. adj. 1

   Servile; low; mean.

Related words

Word family

menage

Forms

Plural

menials → drudges, flunkies, servants, slaves…

Example sentences

• slave Marriage is slavery. I'd prefer not to be a slave.
• servant A small regent is worth more than a large servant.
• flunky If you behave like a flunky, you'll be treated like a flunky.
• lackey You treat me like a lackey and I don't like it.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

low¹, fag¹

4 letters

mean¹, base¹, serf¹

5 letters

slave¹, lowly²

6 letters

humble², minion², abject², lackey², drudge¹, flunky

7 letters

servant², servile², slavish², ignoble³

8 letters

domestic³, inferior⁴, scullion²

9 letters

attendant³, unskilled², underling³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lowly² = 2 syllables).