Word Type

Noun

The word "janitor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

school

Capable Of

clean lots of rooms clean sink clean toilet clean toilets clean urinal empty trashcan mop floor refill soap containers

Derived Terms

janitor fish janitorial janitoriat janitoring janitorship jannie underjanitor

Context

scotland us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

custodian keeper steward

Type Of (IsA)

custodian employee facilities person unskilled worker

Receives Action

found in office found in school

Related Terms

attendant building building attendant buildings caretaker cleaner cleaning cleaning person cleans cleans up custodian doorman in school lady lunch lunch lady maintenance maintenance man man man cleaner mop mops office office buildings person poor profession public school up work

Synonym Network

caretaker cleaner curator custodian groundskeeper maintenance person porter

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.