Creature
Underling
Underling noun - One who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- minion and creature
- minion and underling
- sycophant and creature
- sycophant and underling
- toady and creature
- toady and underling
- yes-man and creature
- yes-man and underling
- instrument and creature
- instrument and underling
- flunky and creature
- flunky and underling
- hireling and creature
- hireling and underling
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Dragon Ball Z, with Vegeta having his home planet destroyed at around age 5, and being a forced underling of the creature who massacred his people for most of his life.
Source: Dark and Troubled Past -
Other times, the beast is a Right-Hand Attack Dog — a pet or other creature that the villain keeps around for some reason, which he uses to dispose of victims, and more than one villain's underling has met their end in this way, usually after they've failed him or outlived their usefulness.
Source: Fed to the Beast
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