MENIALS Synonyms

• (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

• the force of workers available

• personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

• a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school

• building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

• a rod carried as a symbol

• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

• provide with staff

• serve on the staff of

• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

• a person who is present and participates in a meeting

• an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

• being present (at a meeting or event, etc.)

• occurring with or following as a consequence

• of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

• of or relating to the home

• of or involving the home or family

• a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

• converted or adapted to domestic use

• produced in a particular country

• a worker who is hired to perform a job

• a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

• a person who works only for money

• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

• a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

• a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

• in a subordinate position

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a person who works at a specific occupation

• a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

• sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

• a person who acts and gets things done

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• low or inferior in station or quality

• inferior in rank or status

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)