assistant
English Thesaurus
1. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
hypernym | : | worker, |
definition | : | a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | coadjutor, |
definition | : | an assistant to a bishop (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | accomplice, confederate, |
definition | : | a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | aide, auxiliary, |
definition | : | someone who acts as assistant (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | attendant, attender, tender, |
definition | : | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | bat boy, |
definition | : | (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | deputy, lieutenant, |
definition | : | an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | event planner, |
definition | : | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | facilitator, |
definition | : | someone who makes progress easier (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | flower girl, |
definition | : | a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | girl friday, |
definition | : | a female assistant who has a range of duties (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | enforcer, hatchet man, |
definition | : | one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | underboss, |
definition | : | an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | model, poser, |
definition | : | a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | paraprofessional, |
definition | : | a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | powder monkey, |
definition | : | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | prompter, theater prompter, |
definition | : | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | secretarial assistant, secretary, |
definition | : | an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | sidesman, |
definition | : | (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | water boy, waterer, |
definition | : | an assistant who supplies drinking water (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | whipper-in, |
definition | : | huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds (noun.person) |
2. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all)
3. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
derivation | : | assist, |
definition | : | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social) |
derivation | : | aid, assist, help, |
definition | : | give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social) |
derivation | : | help, |
definition | : | contribute to the furtherance of (verb.social) |
derivation | : | back up, support, |
definition | : | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (verb.social) |
derivation | : | adjunct, assistant, |
definition | : | of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all) |
4. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all)
derivation | : | adjunct, |
definition | : | a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another (noun.person) |
derivation | : | assistant, help, helper, supporter, |
definition | : | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person) |
derivation | : | assist, |
definition | : | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social) |
5. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person)
derivation | : | assist, |
definition | : | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social) |
derivation | : | aid, assist, help, |
definition | : | give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social) |
derivation | : | help, |
definition | : | contribute to the furtherance of (verb.social) |
derivation | : | back up, support, |
definition | : | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (verb.social) |
derivation | : | adjunct, assistant, |
definition | : | of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all) |
6. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another (adj.all)
derivation | : | adjunct, |
definition | : | a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another (noun.person) |
derivation | : | assistant, help, helper, supporter, |
definition | : | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.person) |
derivation | : | assist, |
definition | : | act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function (verb.social) |
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