Boss and Henchman

Opposite meaning words

Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

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Henchman is an antonym for boss.

Nearby Words: bossy, bossed, bossing

Henchman noun - Someone who assists in a plot.

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Boss is an antonym for henchman in follower topic.

good	good boss	good henchman
female	female boss	female henchman
best	best boss	best henchman
dead	dead boss	dead henchman
Other adjectives: powerful, big, huge, evil, bad, main, new, major, former, mysterious, titular, last, different, recurring, said, giant, strongest.

Cortex's former henchman, Doctor Nitrus Brio, has also returned, with a grudge against his former boss. N.

Source: Videogame / Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
In the Big Finish Doctor Who drama "The Crimes of Thomas Brewster", the Doctor is kidnapped by a crime boss whose idiot henchman has mistaken him for a rival crime boss who happens to go by "the Doctor".

Source: Morton's Fork
Blackmail: Statoc's lizard henchman was so disgusted with his murder of Natalia and Leon that he took the gun that Statoc used to blackmail his former boss.

Source: Comic Book / Blacksad

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