Synonyms of staff

staff

noun

ˈstaf 

1

as in workforce

a body of persons at work or available for work

we're working with a short staff at the office today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• workforce
• manpower
• personnel
• pool
• crew
• employee
• worker
• help
• labor force
• team
• force
• company
• squad
• employe
• support
• labor
• band
• gang
• party
• helper
• rank and file
• proletariat
• blood
• outfit
• hireling

2

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cane
• baton
• club
• bat
• rod
• billy club
• mallet
• cudgel
• billy
• mace
• truncheon
• bludgeon
• bastinade
• shillalah
• nightstick
• bastinado
• hammer
• rung
• waddy
• shillelagh
• sap
• birch
• rattan
• crozier
• switch
• hickory
• beetle
• blackjack
• maul
• stave
• crosier
• knobkerrie
• gavel
• walking stick
• crook
• sledgehammer
• crabstick
• whangee

Examples of staff in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And no disciplinary actions are listed for staff in a state education department database. —CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024

Advertisement Times staff writer Grace Toohey contributed to this report. —Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024

Maintenance staff at the Pulaski County jail were working Saturday to fix the air conditioning in two of the jail's older cell blocks, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Saturday. —Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024

Before last month’s trade deadline, the Mets acquired starter Paul Blackburn from the A’s to help their beleaguered staff. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024