lackeys
Obsequious subordinates, collectively
Lackeys are servants or followers who do whatever they're told.
The word almost always carries contempt—lackeys lack independence and dignity, blindly obeying their masters: The CEO surrounded himself with lackeys who never challenged his decisions.
In historical usage, a lackey was a liveried footman; the modern sense emphasizes servility over service.
Servile subordinate
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- flunkyServile subordinate
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- sycophantServile praise-giver
yes-man · bootlicker · stooge · puppet · pawn · doormat · lapdog · follower
One employed to serve
- valetPersonal servant or parker
- butlerChief domestic servant
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
manservant · page · steward · retainer · squire · batman · factotum · houseman
Blindly devoted official
- functionaryMinor administrative worker
- operativeCovert field agent
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- partisanBiased toward one side
fixer · crony · proxy · agent · collaborator · enabler · accomplice · mouthpiece
minion
Servile subordinate
sycophant · yes-man · bootlicker · stooge · puppet · pawn · doormat · lapdog · follower · underling
servant
One employed to serve
attendant · manservant · page · steward · retainer · squire · batman · factotum · houseman · domestic
apparatchik
Blindly devoted official
- functionaryMinor administrative worker
- operativeCovert field agent
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
partisan · fixer · crony · proxy · agent · collaborator · enabler · accomplice · mouthpiece
- underlingsunderling, underlings, subordinate, minions, minion
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- oppressorstyrants, despots, dictators, autocrats, authoritarians
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
- celebrity entouragebodyguard, bodyguards, assistant, assistants, manager
- followersfollowers, conformist, disciples, devotees, adherents
lackeysbosses
Managers or raised studs
leaders · masters · commanders · overlords · rulers
lackeysfree agents
Athletes available for signing
independents · mavericks · rebels · dissenters · freethinkers