henchmen

NOUN

follower

Synonyms

STRONG

abettor accessory accomplice adherent adjunct aide ally appointee apprentice assistant attendant backer backup bodyguard coadjutor cohort collaborator colleague companion deputy flunky friend gofer hanger-on help helper helpmate lackey partner secretary servant sidekick stooge subordinate supporter

WEAK

coadjutant fellow worker gal Friday girl Friday hatchet man/woman man Friday right-hand man/woman right-hand person yes-person

Antonyms

STRONG

adversary antagonist boss chief detractor enemy foe leader manager master opponent opposer superior

Example Sentences

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Henchmen, henchwomen, henchpeople, minions … Call them what you will, 5111 Leesburg Pike could use dozens of jump-suited underlings scurrying around as the roof slides back and a droning voice counts down ominously.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022

And the wizard will shortly be in Airland, looking at himself in the mirror, having put Oz into the charge of several his several Hideous Henchmen.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016

He has no magic powers, though he has several Hideous Henchmen.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016

Henchmen of mysterious, begoggled Toyojito Sugai handed them Japanese flags, pictures of the Emperor and news bulletins which announced: "Americans defeated in 15-minute naval battle; 400 U.S. ships sunk."

From Time Magazine Archive

Henchmen, waiting for the signal, At their chiefs imperious word Start, to drive from hill and corrie To the pass the watchful herd.

From Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland