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assistant
noun as in helper
Strongest matches
aide, apprentice, associate, attendant, backup, colleague, companion, deputy, friend, partner, representative, secretary
Strong matches
abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, ally, appointee, auxiliary, backer, coadjutor, collaborator, confederate, cooperator, flunky, follower, gofer, help, helpmate, mate, patron, peon, subordinate, supporter, temp
Weak matches
coadjutant, fellow worker, right-hand person, squire, temporary worker
Example Sentences
Among them was a former Pomona high assistant basketball coach and his wife.
Frustrated by her coterie of assistants glued to their cellphones, Rachel gazes at him with the glowy admiration he can’t get from his own girls.
He remained with the MLB club as an assistant on the coaching staff, but has never held the top managerial role at any level of the game.
An assistant press secretary stuck his head into Lincoln’s office and said, “The astronaut is in the helicopter.”
Up in the control room, the station manager and the assistant manager stood together as the birds approached.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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