Henchman and Master

Opposite meaning words

Henchman noun - Someone who assists in a plot.

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Master is an antonym for henchman in follower topic.

Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Henchman is an antonym for master.

good	good henchman	good master
female	female henchman	female master
best	best henchman	best master
dead	dead henchman	dead master
Other adjectives: powerful, evil, bad, main, new, deceased, former, mysterious, last, competent, different, favorite, strongest.

Perhaps parodied in one episode, where Zim's robot henchman GIR is shown to have a fondness for sleeping on its master's head.

Source: Head Pet
It follows the adventures of Dexter the Head Alien, a megalomaniac dictator from a distant world, and his beleaguered robotic henchman Monkey Master.

Source: Just For Fun / Dexter And Monkey Master
In The King and I, Master Little, the "Big Bad"'s comical henchman/assistant, attempts to let Anna's son have an 'accident' in the royal armory, and (naturally) fails spectacularly.

Source: Knife Outline

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