janitor

Noun

Meaning

A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

porter cleaner custodian concierge caretaker curator groundskeeper guardian ranger super cerberus beadle guard governor superintendent
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Antonyms

lord householder proprietress leader host master
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Hypernyms

keeper custodian steward

Phrases with the word

janitor fish

Examples

After dinner, a friendly janitor let them into the premises, and they showed Marías around by candlelight. Source: Internet

David follows the janitor to the victims' house and frees the children, but the janitor ambushes him and pushes him off a balcony into a swimming pool. Source: Internet

As various people bump into him, he senses the crimes they perpetrated, such as theft and rape, and finds one he can act on: a sadistic janitor who invaded a family home, killed the parents, and is holding the children captive. Source: Internet

And it wasn’t just his duties around the house—caring for his mother, who seemed to be getting nominally better with his cousin’s occasional help—nor the endless nights working a double-shift as a janitor to make up for the second job he’d lost. Source: Internet

Graduating in Space Quest V, he is promoted from a janitor to captain of the garbage scow SCS Eureka. Source: Internet

In Space Quest 6, his spot in the limelight ends as he is busted back down to janitor and assigned to the backwoods of the cosmos. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

janissaryship Janiszewski Janite janitor fish janitorial janitorial duty