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Synonyms for retainer

  • noun

Most common

vassal myrmidon fee consideration retaining valve

All synonyms

Noun

1. Servant

servant, vassal, lackey, henchman, follower, adherent, stooge, minion, servitor, satellite, creature, myrmidon, underling, subordinate

Other

fee, retaining valve, consideration

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any thing or person that retains.

Forms

Plural
retainers → servants, vassals, lackeys, henchmen…

Choose the right word

Retainer, Follower or Henchman?

Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • vassal Europe today is a political vassal of the USA.
  • fee Of course, neither goods nor mailing fee returned.
  • consideration You should have taken all that into consideration.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
retainerfalling
vassalsteady
myrmidonsteady
feesteady
considerationfalling

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

By length

3 letters
fee1
6 letters
minion2, vassal2, lackey2, stooge1
7 letters
servant2
8 letters
creature2, follower3, henchman2, adherent3, servitor, myrmidon3
9 letters
satellite3, underling3
11 letters
subordinate4
13 letters
consideration5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minion2 = 2 syllables).