flunkeys
Obsequious hired helpers
Flunkeys is the plural of flunkey, a variant spelling of flunky.
A flunkey is a servant in livery, or more broadly, someone who performs menial tasks for another.
The word often carries contempt, suggesting excessive subservience or slavish devotion to a powerful person: The CEO surrounded himself with flunkeys who never challenged his decisions.
Servile follower or minion
- minionServile subordinate
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- sycophantServile praise-giver
toady · yes-man · bootlicker · doormat · puppet · stooge · follower · lapdog
Servilely attentive to superiors
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
subservient · groveling · kowtowing · toadying · ingratiating · meek · servile · cringing
lackey
Servile follower or minion
sycophant · toady · yes-man · bootlicker · doormat · puppet · stooge · follower · lapdog · pawn
obsequious
Servilely attentive to superiors
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
compliant · subservient · groveling · kowtowing · toadying · ingratiating · meek · servile · cringing · slavish
footman
Uniformed domestic male attendant
servant · retainer · steward · page · bellhop · doorman · majordomo · equerry · chauffeur · houseboy
flunkeysfree agents
Athletes available for signing
mavericks · nonconformists · individualists · rebels · freethinkers
flunkeyscritics
Those who evaluate work
dissenters · contrarians · gadflies · skeptics · challengers