| has gloss | (noun) 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"
helper, help, supporter, assistant |
| has gloss | eng: An assistant is a person (or by extension a device) that helps another person accomplish his goals. Assistants may be provided by one's employer to assist with work-related tasks. The wealthy or those with freelance businesses may hire personal assistants. There are also task-specific assistants available, such as those that help organize the home. In cases where the assistant is closely identified with the person they serve, the assistant may be known as a right-hand man or yes-man. |
| lexicalization | eng: assistant |
| lexicalization | eng: helper |
| lexicalization | eng: help |
| lexicalization | eng: supporter |
| subclass of | (noun) a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
worker |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant to a dentist
dental assistant |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
deputy, lieutenant |
| has subclass | (noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor
dresser, actor's assistant |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
event planner |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who makes progress easier
facilitator |
| has subclass | (noun) a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
flower girl |
| has subclass | (noun) a female assistant who has a range of duties
girl Friday |
| has subclass | (noun) one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
hatchet man, enforcer |
| has subclass | (noun) a person used by another to gain an end
instrument, pawn, cat's-paw |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
monitrice, birthing coach, doula, labor coach |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
underboss |
| has subclass | (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
manakin, fashion model, mannequin, manikin, model, mannikin |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"
poser, model |
| has subclass | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
paraprofessional |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
powder monkey |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
theater prompter, prompter |
| has subclass | (noun) the most helpful assistant
right-hand man, chief assistant, man Friday |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretary, secretarial assistant |
| has subclass | (noun) (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
sidesman |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
foot soldier, subordinate, underling, subsidiary |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant who supplies drinking water
waterer, water boy |
| has subclass | (noun) huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
whipper-in |
| has subclass | (noun) an assistant to a bishop
coadjutor |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
accomplice, confederate |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who acts as assistant
aide, auxiliary |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
tender, attendant, attender |
| has subclass | (noun) (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment
bat boy |
| has subclass | e/Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| has subclass | c/Apple personal digital assistants |
| has subclass | c/Assistants to the President of the United States |
