assistant

as·sis·tant  (-sstnt)

n.

One that assists; a helper.

adj.

1. Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.

2. Giving aid; auxiliary.

Synonyms: assistant, aide, coadjutant, coadjutor, helper, lieutenant, second²
These nouns denote a person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his or her responsibilities: an editorial assistant; a senator's aide; the general's coadjutant; a bishop's coadjutor; a teacher's helper; a politician's lieutenant; a prizefighter's second.

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assistant [əˈsɪstənt]

n

1. (Business / Professions)

a.  a person who assists, esp in a subordinate position

b.  (as modifier) assistant manager

2. (Business / Commerce) (Business / Professions) See shop assistant

adj

Archaic helpful or useful as an aid

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assistant - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" helper, help, supporter coadjutor - an assistant to a bishop worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" accomplice, confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) auxiliary, aide - 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 dental assistant - an assistant to a dentist deputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent actor's assistant, dresser - 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 enforcer, hatchet man - one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior cat's-paw, pawn, instrument - a person used by another to gain an end birthing coach, doula, labor coach, 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 underboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikin, model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin" poser, model - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" 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 chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistant secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another water boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking water whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
Adj.	1.	assistant - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another adjunct subordinate, low-level - lower in rank or importance

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assistant

noun

1. helper, partner, ally, colleague, associate, supporter, deputy, subsidiary, aide, aider, second, accessory, attendant, backer, protagonist, collaborator, accomplice, confederate, auxiliary, henchman, right-hand man, adjutant, helpmate, coadjutor (rare), abettor, cooperator He had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.

2. salesperson, shop assistant, checkout person, retail assistant The assistant checked the price on the back cover of the book.

Translations

assistant [əˈsɪstənt]

A. N → ayudante mf; (= language assistant) → lector(a) m/f

B. CPD assistant director N (Theat) → ayudante mf de dirección
assistant manager N → subdirector(a) m/f
assistant master N (Brit) (Scol) (o.f.) → profesor m de instituto
assistant mistress N (Brit) (Scol) (o.f.) → profesora f de instituto
assistant principal N (Scol) → subdirector(a) m/f
assistant professor N (US) → profesor(a) m/f agregado/a
assistant secretary N → subsecretario/a m/f

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assistant [əˈsɪstənt]

n

(= aid) → assistant(e) m/f; (in administration) → adjoint(e) m/f

(British) (also shop assistant, sales assistant) → vendeur(e) m/f

(SCHOOL) French assistant → assistant(e) m/f de français
English assistant → assistant(e) m/f d'anglais

modif
assistant secretary of defense (US) → secrétaire m/f adjoint(e) de la défense
a young assistant professor at Harvard → un jeune maître assistant à Harvard assistant manager, assistant referee
assistant manager n → sous-directeur/trice m/f, directeur/trice m/f adjoint(e)
assistant referee n (FOOTBALL) → juge m de touche

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assistant

n → Assistent(in) m(f); (= shop assistant) → Verkäufer(in) m(f); are you in charge here? — no, I am just an assistant → sind Sie hier der Chef? — nein, ich bin bloß Mitarbeiter

adj attr manager etc → stellvertretend

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assistant:

assistant master/mistress

n → Lehrer(in) m(f) (ohne besondere zusätzliche Verantwortung)

assistant priest

n → Hilfspriester m

assistant professor

n (US) → Assistenz-Professor(in) m(f)

assistant referee

n (Ftbl) → Schiedsrichterassistent(in) m(f)

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assistant [əˈsɪst/ənt]

1. n → aiutante m/f, assistente m/f, aiuto (Brit) (also shop assistant) → commesso/a

2. adj → aiuto inv

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