Minion

//ˈmɪnjən//

Synonyms for "minion" (151 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (45)

Related words (75)

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6 relation types

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Synonyms

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

91 translations across 40 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • favorit noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَابِع noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sevimli noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • раболепен слуга noun (sycophantic follower)
  • фаворит noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Catalan

3 entries
  • adlàter noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • esbirro noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • glossilla noun (7-point type)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 奴仆 noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • 奴才 noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Czech

1 entries
  • oblíbenec noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Danish

1 entries
  • håndlanger noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hielenlikker noun (sycophantic follower)
  • kolonel noun (7-point type)
  • ondergeschikte noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • slaafs volgeling noun (sycophantic follower)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sbiro noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Estonian

1 entries
  • käsilane noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Finnish

3 entries
  • käskyläinen noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • lakeija noun (sycophantic follower)
  • perseennuolija noun (sycophantic follower)

French

4 entries
  • laquais noun (sycophantic follower)
  • mignone noun (7-point type)
  • mignonne noun (7-point type)
  • sous-fifre noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Galician

1 entries
  • lacaio noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

German

4 entries
  • Colonel noun (7-point type)
  • Ergebener noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • Günstling noun (sycophantic follower)
  • Kolonel noun (7-point type)

Greek

2 entries
  • ακόλουθος noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • ευνοούμενος noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מְשָׁרֵת noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csatlós noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • fogdmeg noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • kegyenc noun (sycophantic follower)
  • kolonel noun (7-point type)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skósveinn noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • antek noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • kacung noun (sycophantic follower)
  • kaki tangan noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Italian

2 entries
  • lacché noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • tirapiedi noun (sycophantic follower)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 子分 noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Korean

1 entries
  • 앞잡이 noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Latin

1 entries
  • satelles noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Latvian

1 entries
  • mīlulis noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Malay

1 entries
  • orang suruhan noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • шадар noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Polish

4 entries
  • pachołek noun (sycophantic follower)
  • pomagier noun (sycophantic follower)
  • sługa noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • sługus noun (sycophantic follower)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • favorito noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • lacaio noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Romanian

1 entries
  • răsfățat noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Russian

4 entries
  • ве́рный слуга́ noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • приспе́шник noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • холу́й noun (sycophantic follower)
  • шестёрка noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ljubimac noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • poslušnik noun (sycophantic follower)
  • štićenik noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • штићеник noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Slovak

1 entries
  • obľúbenec noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Spanish

4 entries
  • glosilla noun (7-point type)
  • miñona noun (7-point type)
  • miñón noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • secuaz noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hejduk noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • skyddsling noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • tjänare noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • underlydare noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • alagad noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • kampon noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Thai

4 entries
  • ข้าราชการผู้น้อย noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • ลิ่วล้อ noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • ลูกสมุน noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)
  • สมุน noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dalkavuk noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • фавори́т noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • kẻ nô lệ noun (loyal servant of another more powerful being)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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He is just a minion of the minister.

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Robert was just a minion for Sandra's strict dad.

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The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.

Source: wiktionary

In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.

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