Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun menial

1 sense of menial

Sense 1
menial -- (a domestic servant)
       => servant, retainer -- (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))

Antonyms of adj menial

1 sense of menial

Sense 1
humble, menial, lowly -- (used of unskilled work (especially domestic work))

INDIRECT (VIA unskilled) -> skilled -- (having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade")

Similarity of adj menial

1 sense of menial

Sense 1
humble, menial, lowly -- (used of unskilled work (especially domestic work))
       => unskilled (vs. skilled) -- (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship")

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