Thesaurus:serve

Thesaurus

serve

English

Verb

Sense: to act as a servant for

Synonyms

• aid
• attend
• attend to
• await
• bestand
• bestead
• dance attendance (British)
• do (British, dated)
• do for (British, dated)
• serve
• service
• stay (obsolete)
• tend
• wait    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wait on
• wait upon

Antonyms

• govern
• order
• rule    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• carry someone's water (idiomatic)
• wait on hand and foot (idiomatic)
•   —
• apprentice
• buttle
• valet
•   —
• serve
• wait    [⇒ thesaurus] (US)
• wait on
• wait upon

Hypernyms

• obey    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:attendant
• Thesaurus:help

Further reading

• “746. servant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “707. aid” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “serve” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.