Another word for assistant | Synonyms for assistant

Another word for assistant

assistant Synonyms

assistant

n.

aide, deputy, henchman, friend, follower, adherent, auxiliary, lieutenant, associate, companion, colleague, partner, helper, acolyte, representative, second in command, apprentice, co-worker, fellow-worker, secretary, supporter, appointee, abettor, ancillary, standby, helping hand, patron, backer, bodyguard, aide-de-camp, ally, accessory, clerk, adjunct, collaborator, confederate, subaltern, mate, helpmate, adjutant, subordinate, coadjutor, attendant, accomplice, second, right hand, right-hand man, man Friday, gal Friday, underling, lackey, flunky*, sidekick*, yes-man*, stooge*, gofer*.

Antonyms supervisor, rival, antagonist.

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Another word for assistant

noun

A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:

adjutant, aide, auxiliary, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second². See help

adjective

Giving or able to give help or support:

accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive. See help

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She couldn't be late again for her job as an assistant general manager of a fast food joint, or she'd be fired.
The assistant asked some further questions.
The assistant looked fagged out.
The photographer issued them a few directions, with his assistant helping them pose.
Not until the age of seventeen did he attack the higher mathematics, and his progress was much retarded by the want of efficient help. When about sixteen years of age he became assistant-master in a private school at Doncaster, and he maintained himself to the end of his life in one grade or other of the scholastic profession.

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