Minion
Minion noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.
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Synonyms for Minion
Subordinate
Subordinate noun - One who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another.
Usage example: subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs
Minion is a synonym for subordinate in dependent topic. You can use "Minion" instead a noun "Subordinate", if it concerns topics such as junior.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- follower and minion
- follower and subordinate
- subject and minion
- subject and subordinate
- inferior and minion
- inferior and subordinate
- menial and minion
- menial and subordinate
- dependent and minion
- dependent and subordinate
- flunky and minion
- flunky and subordinate
- hireling and minion
- hireling and subordinate
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Merciful Minion: Astyages orders his subordinate Harpagus to kill his grandson Cyrus, who was destined to overthrow him, but Harpagus passed the job on to a shepherd, who spared the child.
- The "groovy, man" bit is actually a ruse—when revealed to be Elhmas, angelic controller of the human body of Jesus the carpenter, he keeps up the guise in the presence of Raphael-lan, Michael-lan's minion, but drops it when talking to his own subordinate Enatenael-lan-Elhmas.
Source: Literature / The Salvation War
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