LACKEY
Dictionary entry overview: What does lackey mean?
• LACKEY (noun)
The noun LACKEY has 2 senses:
1. a male servant (especially a footman)
2. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Familiarity information: LACKEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LACKEY (noun)
Meaning:
A male servant (especially a footman)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
flunkey; flunky; lackey
Hypernyms ("lackey" is a kind of...):
retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))
Meaning:
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
crawler; sycophant; toady; lackey
Hypernyms ("lackey" is a kind of...):
adulator; flatterer (a person who uses flattery)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lackey"):
apple polisher; ass-kisser; bootlicker; fawner; groveler; groveller; truckler (someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect)
goody-goody (a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior)