The meaning of the word assistant

Last Updated:
7 Apr 2023
— Updated example sentences

• Albanian: asistent (sq) m, asistente (sq) f
• Arabic: مُسَاعِد‎ (ar) m (musāʕid), مُسَاعِدَة‎ f (musāʕida), مُعَاوِن‎ (ar) m (muʕāwin), مُعَاوِنَة‎ f (muʕāwina)
• Armenian: օգնական (hy) (ōgnakan)
• Asturian: asistente m or f
• Azerbaijani: köməkçi (az), yardımçı
• Bashkir: ярҙамсы (yarðamsı)
• Belarusian: памо́чнік m (pamóčnik), памо́чніца f (pamóčnica), асістэ́нт m (asistént), асістэ́нтка f (asisténtka)
• Bengali: সহায়ক (śohaẏok)
• Bulgarian: помо́щник (bg) m (pomóštnik), помо́щничка f (pomóštnička), помо́щница f (pomóštnica), асисте́нт (bg) m (asistént), асисте́нтка f (asisténtka)
• Burmese: အကူ (my) (a.ku)
• Catalan: assistent (ca) m, assistenta (ca) f
• Cebuano: kabulig
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 助理 (zo⁶ lei⁵), 助手 (yue) (zo⁶ sau²)

  Mandarin: 助理 (zh) (zhùlǐ), 助手 (zh) (zhùshǒu)

  Min Nan: 助理 (zh-min-nan) (chō͘-lí), 助手 (chō͘-chhiú)

• Czech: asistent (cs) m, asistentka (cs) f, pomocník (cs) m, pomocnice (cs) f
• Danish: assistent, hjælper (da), medhjælper
• Dutch: assistent (nl) m, assistente (nl) f
• Egyptian: (ẖrj-ꜥ)
• Esperanto: asistanto
• Estonian: abiline (et), asetäitja, assistent
• Finnish: assistentti (fi), apulainen (fi), avustaja (fi)
• French: assistant (fr) m, aide (fr) f, auxiliaire (fr) m or f

  Middle French: assistant m

• Galician: asistente m
• Georgian: ასისტენტი (asisṭenṭi)
• German: Assistent (de) m, Mitarbeiter (de) m, Helfer (de) m, Gehilfe (de) m
• Greek: βοηθός (el) m or f (voïthós)

  Ancient: βοηθός m (boēthós), ὑπουργός m (hupourgós)

• Hebrew: עוֹזֵר‎ m (ozér)
• Hindi: सहायक (hi) m (sahāyak)
• Hungarian: asszisztens (hu), segéd (hu)
• Icelandic: aðstoðarmaður m
• Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: cúntóir
• Italian: assistente (it) m or f
• Japanese: 助手 (ja) (じょしゅ, joshu)
• Karelian: abuniekka
• Kazakh: көмекші (kömekşı)
• Khmer: អ្នកជំនួយ (nĕək cumnuəy), ភូឈួយ (km) (phuu chuəy)
• Korean: 조수(助手) (ko) (josu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شاگرد‎ (ckb) (şagrid)

• Kyrgyz: жардамчы (ky) (jardamçı)
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ວຍ (phū suāi), ຜູ້ຮອງ (phū hǭng)
• Latin: adiūtor (la) m, adiūtrix f; optiō m, administer m
• Latvian: asistents m, asistente f, palīgs m, palīdze f
• Lithuanian: asistentas m
• Livvi: abuniekku
• Macedonian: помагач m (pomagač), помагачка f (pomagačka), помошник m (pomošnik), помошничка f (pomošnička), асистент m (asistent), асистентка f (asistentka)
• Malay: pembantu (ms)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: taituarā, kaiāwhina, uruora, piki
• Middle English: servaunt
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: туслагч (mn) (tuslagč)

• Norman: assistant m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assistent (no) m, medhjelper m

  Nynorsk: assistent m, medhjelpar m

• Persian: دستیار‎ (fa) (dastyâr), آسیستان‎ (fa) (âsistân)
• Polish: asystent (pl) m or f, asystentka (pl) f, pomocnik (pl) m, pomocnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: assistente (pt) m or f, ajudante (pt) m or f
• Romanian: asistent (ro) m, asistentă (ro) f, ajutor (ro) m, ajutoare (ro) f
• Russian: ассисте́нт (ru) m (assistént), ассисте́нтка (ru) f (assisténtka), помо́щник (ru) m (pomóščnik), помо́щница (ru) f (pomóščnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: помо̀ћнӣк m, асѝстент m

  Roman: pomòćnīk m, asìstent (sh) m

• Slovak: pomocník m, pomocníca f, asistent m, asistentka f
• Slovene: pomočnik m, pomočnica f
• Spanish: ayudante (es) m, asistente (es) m or f
• Swahili: msaidizi (sw)
• Swedish: assistent (sv), medhjälpare (sv) c
• Tajik: ёрдамчӣ (yordamčī)
• Tatar: ярдәмче (tt) (yardämçe)
• Thai: ผู้ช่วย (th) (pûu-chûai)
• Turkish: yardımcı (tr), asistan (tr), muavin (tr)
• Turkmen: kömekçi
• Ukrainian: помічни́к m (pomičnýk), помічни́ця f (pomičnýcja), асисте́нт (uk) m (asystént), асисте́нтка (uk) f (asysténtka)
• Uyghur: ياردەمچى‎ (yardemchi)
• Uzbek: yordamchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: phó thủ, người phụ việc
• Volapük: yufan (vo)

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coadjutor

an assistant to a bishop

accomplice, confederate

a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

aide, auxiliary

someone who acts as an 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, instrument, pawn

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, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, 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

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

foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling

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

companion

one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

artist’s model, sitter

a person who poses for a painter or sculptor

associate

a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise

baggageman

an attendant who takes care of baggage

batman

an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

bellboy, bellhop, bellman

someone employed to carry luggage and run errands in a hotel

bottom dog

a person of low status

bridesmaid, maid of honor

an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding

caddie, golf caddie

an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player

checker

an attendant who checks coats or baggage

cog

a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

courtier

an attendant at the court of a sovereign

cupbearer

the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman’s household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine

decoy, steerer

a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

dressmaker’s model

someone who models dresses

equerry

a personal attendant of the British royal family

escort

an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

esquire

(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

executive secretary

a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities

famulus

a close attendant (as to a scholar)

gillie

a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief

groomsman

a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding

lifeguard, lifesaver

an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents

linkboy, linkman

(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets

loader

an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game

man

a male subordinate

matron of honor

a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding

nurse’s aide, nursing aide

someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training

hospital attendant, orderly

a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

orderly

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

page, varlet

in medieval times a youth acting as a knight’s attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

page

a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

legal assistant, paralegal

a person with specialized training who assists lawyers

paramedic, paramedical

a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

photographer’s model

a model who poses for photographers

racker

an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack

receptionist

a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

rocker

an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

second

the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

second banana, second fiddle

someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

second-in-command

someone who relieves a commander

servitor

someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else

social secretary

a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments

squire

a young nobleman attendant on a knight

gallant, squire

a man who attends or escorts a woman

amanuensis, shorthand typist, stenographer

someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

flight attendant, steward

an attendant on an airplane

litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer

one who helps carry a stretcher

supermodel

a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity

trainbearer

one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion

vicar-general

(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop

vice-regent

a regent’s deputy

arouser, rouser, waker

someone who rouses others from sleep

valet

someone employed to park and retrieve cars

• Defenition of the word assistant

  • A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
  • Someone who is subordinate to another who assists the latter.
  • of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
  • 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»
  • a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

Synonyms for the word assistant

• • adjunct
  • aide
  • associate
  • help
  • helper
  • junior
  • p.a.
  • secondary
  • sub-
  • subordinate
  • supporter
  • vice-

Similar words in the assistant

• • assistant
  • assistant’s
  • assistants
  • low-level
  • subordinate

Hyponyms for the word assistant

• • accomplice
  • actor’s assistant
  • aide
  • attendant
  • attender
  • auxiliary
  • bat boy
  • birthing coach
  • cat’s-paw
  • chief assistant
  • coadjutor
  • confederate
  • dental assistant
  • deputy
  • doula
  • dresser
  • enforcer
  • event planner
  • facilitator
  • fashion model
  • flower girl
  • foot soldier
  • girl Friday
  • hatchet man
  • instrument
  • labor coach
  • lieutenant
  • man Friday
  • manakin
  • manikin
  • mannequin
  • mannikin
  • model
  • monitrice
  • paraprofessional
  • pawn
  • poser
  • powder monkey
  • prompter
  • right-hand man
  • secretarial assistant
  • secretary
  • sidesman
  • subordinate
  • subsidiary
  • tender
  • theater prompter
  • underboss
  • underling
  • water boy
  • waterer
  • whipper-in

Hypernyms for the word assistant

• • worker

Idioms for the word assistant

• • assistant administrator
  • assistant attorney
  • assistant buyer
  • assistant director
  • assistant judge
  • chairside assistant
  • teaching assistant

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  • Translation of the word in other languages atoll

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0   0 A physician assistant (PA) is a mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor (an MD) or osteopathic physician (a DO). The physician assistant came about in the 1960s as a response to the need for more clinicians (there was a shortage of family physicians) and better access to health care. The first PA program [..]

2	0   0 Assistant Term used as a title for subordinates of the command staff positions. In some cases, assistants are also assigned to unit leader positions in the planning, logistics, and finance/administration sectio [..]

3	0   0 Assistant mid-15c., «helpful, of assistance,» from Middle French assistent (see assistant (n.)).

4	0   0 Assistant mid-15c., assistent «one who helps or aids another,» from Middle French assistent, adjective and noun, properly present participle of assister (see assist (v.)).

5	0   0 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 th [..]

6	0   0 Assistant a helper; someone who serves in a shop

7	0   0 Assistant (n) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose(adj) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

8	0   0 Assistant Person at a dog show who helps the handler care for the handler’s dogs, prepare the dogs for the ring, and show the dogs.

9	0   0 Assistant A person who works under the supervision of the pyrotechnic operator.

10	0   0 Assistant Individuals who assist the Dentist or the Dental Hygienist.

11	0   0 Assistant Persons academically trained to care for Patients with Eye Diseases or structural defects of the eye, under the supervision of an ophthalmologist.

12	0   0 Assistant Persons academically trained to provide medical care, under the supervision of a Physician, to Infants and Children.

13	0   0 Assistant Persons who, under the supervision of licensed Physical Therapists, provide Patient treatment using various PHYSICAL THERAPY THECHNIQUES.

14	0   0 Assistant Health professionals who practice Medicine as members of a team with their supervising Physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse Populations in rural and urban [..]

15	0   0 Assistant Assistants to a Veterinarian, biological or biomedical Researcher, or other scientist who are engaged in the care and management of Animals, and who are trained in basic principles of Animal Life proc [..]

16	0   0 Assistant Person at a dog show who helps the handler care for the handler’s dogs, prepare the dogs for the ring, and show the dogs.

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