Assistant

Adjective

 * 1) Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
 * 2) A person who assists or helps someone else.
 * 3)  sales assistant.
 * 4) A software tool that provides assistance in some task.

Adjectives for Assistant
capable; patient; faithful; self-sacrificing; esteemed; untrained; temporary; fledgling; green-eyed; detached; ambidexterous; qualified; voluble; clinical; able; scholarly.

Verbs for Assistant
advance—; appoint—; choose—; dispatch—; —accompanies; —aids; —cooperates;—endeavours; —practices; —stands by.

Thesaurus
acolyte; adjutant; agent; aid; aide; aide-de-camp; aider; ancilla; assistant professor; associate; associate professor; attendant; attorney; auxiliary; benefactor; best man; co-worker; coadjutant; coadjutor; coadjutress; coadjutrix; deputy; emeritus; employee; executive officer; factor; fall guy; flunky; girl Friday; help; helper; helpmate; helpmeet; henchman; hired hand; hired man; hireling; inferior; instructor; junior; lecturer; lieutenant; man Friday; mercenary; minion; myrmidon; paranymph; paraprofessional; patsy; pensioner; professor; professor emeritus; proxy; reader; retired professor; right-hand man; second; secondary; servant; sideman; stooge; striker; subordinate; subsidiary; supporting actor; supporting instrumentalist; tutor; underling; understrapper; visiting professor; worker; workfellow; yokemate

Etymology
From assistant:, from assister:.

Related terms

 * assist
 * assistance