English > assistant: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. |
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| Example | "my invaluable assistant" |
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| Synonyms | helper, help, supporter |
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| Narrower | accomplice, confederate | A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
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| aide, auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
| attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| bat boy | (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment |
| coadjutor | An assistant to a bishop |
| dental assistant | An assistant to a dentist |
| deputy, lieutenant | An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent |
| dresser, actor's assistant | A wardrobe assistant for an actor |
| event planner | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) |
| facilitator | someone who makes progress easier |
| flower girl | A young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession |
| girl Friday | A female assistant who has a range of duties |
| hatchet man, enforcer | One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior |
| instrument, pawn, cat's-paw | A person used by another to gain an end |
| labor coach, birthing coach, doula, monitrice | An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
| mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model | A woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
| model, poser | A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor |
| paraprofessional | A trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional |
| powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
| prompter, theater prompter | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| right-hand man, chief assistant, man Friday | The most helpful assistant |
| secretary, secretarial assistant | An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization |
| sidesman | (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden |
| subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier | An assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
| underboss | An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) |
| water boy, waterer | An assistant who supplies drinking water |
| whipper-in | huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Spanish | asistente, auxiliar, ayudante |
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| Catalan | ajudant, assistente, assistent, auxiliar, dependent |
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| Adjectives | assistant | of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another |
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| Verbs | assist | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function |
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| assist | give help or assistance |
