errand boy

Questions about errand boy

What is another word for errand boy?

It depends which errand boy you mean. In the sense “a boy who earns money by running errands”, the synonyms are messenger boy. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of errand boy?

WordNet records no antonym for errand boy. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for errand boy come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of errand boy

• Full entry for errand boyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for errand boyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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