janitor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of JANITOR

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner <got a job as the night janitor at the elementary school>

Synonyms caretaker, guardian, janitor, keeper, warden, watchman

Related Words cocurator, curator; sexton, steward

a person who tends a door <according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates>

Synonyms doorman, gatekeeper, janitor, porter [chiefly British]

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