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

Noun

1. a helper or subordinate

2. same as shop assistant

Adjective

junior or deputy: assistant manager

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 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

Translations

assistant [əˈsɪstənt] n → ayudante m/f;

(BRIT) (also: shop assistant) → dependiente/a m/f

assistant [əˈsɪstənt] assist n → assistant(e) → adjoint(e);

(Brit) (also: shop assistant) → vendeur/euse

assistant [əˈsɪstənt] assist n → Assistent(in) m(f);

(Brit) (also: shop assistant) → Verkäufer(in) m(f)

assistant [əˈsɪstənt] n → assistente m/f;

(BRIT) (also: shop assistant) → commesso/a