assistant
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
my invaluable assistant
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
- coadjutor hyponym
- accomplice hyponym
- auxiliary hyponym
- attendant hyponym
- bat boy hyponym
- dental assistant hyponym
- deputy hyponym
- actor's assistant hyponym
- event planner hyponym
- facilitator hyponym
- flower girl hyponym
- girl Friday hyponym
- enforcer hyponym
- cat's-paw hyponym
- labor coach hyponym
- underboss hyponym
- manakin hyponym
- poser hyponym
- paraprofessional hyponym
- powder monkey hyponym
- prompter hyponym
- right-hand man hyponym
- secretarial assistant hyponym
- sidesman hyponym
- subordinate hyponym
- water boy hyponym
- whipper-in hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
Related & opposite
- adjunct derivation
- helper derivation
- assist derivation
- subordinate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coadjutor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accomplice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attendant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bat boy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deputy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | actor's assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | event planner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flower girl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl Friday |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enforcer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat's-paw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor coach |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underboss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manakin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraprofessional |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder monkey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | right-hand man |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretarial assistant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidesman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water boy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipper-in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjunct |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | helper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | subordinate |