Assistant

What do we mean by assistant?

One that assists; a helper. noun

Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate. adjective

Giving aid; auxiliary. adjective

Assisting; hence, subordinate in rank; specifically, as an official designation, occupying the next lower grade: as, an assistant adjutant-general.

Standing by; present; accompanying.

Present to help; helpful; aiding or fitted to aid and support; auxiliary: with to.

One who stands by; a bystander; one who takes part in anything: usually in the plural. noun

One who stands by to help; one who helps; a helper; an auxiliary; specifically, one who is associated with another as an auxiliary in carrying on some systematic work or undertaking, or in discharging the duties of an office: as, the harbor-master and his assistants; a bookkeeper's assistant. noun

An official auxiliary to the father-general of the Jesuits. Erroneously called adjutant-general. noun

Sp. asistente. The chief officer of justice at Seville. noun

In the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, one of the elected councilors who constituted the governor's council and the upper house of the legislature. The number of assistants in the former was eighteen; in the latter, originally five, later seven. noun

In dyeing, a substance, such as tartaric acid, acetate of lime, or sulphate of soda, added to the dye-bath, to effect a brightening of the color. noun

One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. noun

An attendant; one who is present. noun

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. adjective

Of the second grade in the staff of the army. adjective

Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. adjective

Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness. noun

A person who assists or helps someone else. noun

Sales assistant. noun

Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.

A person who assists or helps someone else.

Sales assistant.

A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

Words that are spelled similarly to assistant:
assistant, assistent, assistance, resistant, assisting, assistants, insistant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word assistant:
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Words that rhyme with assistant:
consistent, persistent, insistent, distant, inconsistent, resistant, existent, nonexistent, self-consistent.

Adjectives that are often used to describe assistant:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective assistant:
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Words that sound like assistant:
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