lackey

Other forms of lackey

plural

lackeys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lackey

What does lackey mean?

lackey means "a male servant (especially a footman)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lackey?

lackey has 2 syllables: lac-key. The stress falls on "lac". In IPA it is /ˈlæki/.

What is another word for lackey?

Close synonyms include flunky, flunkey, sycophant, toady, crawler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lackey a common word?

lackey is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.