assistant
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assistant
- /əˈsɪstənt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English assistent, from Middle French assistant, from assister. By surface analysis, assist + -ant.
adjective assistaunt
- Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. an assistant surgeon
- Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and learning […] are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
noun assistants · assistaunt
- Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness. a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable[…].
- A person who assists or helps someone else.
- Sales assistant.
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A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
Similar: wizard
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: supporter, helper, help, subordinate, adjunct, low-level, aide, sidekick, agent, second-in-command, secretary, attendant, usher, coworker, monitor, deputy
Translations
Every language
adj having a subordinate or auxiliary position
| Español | asistente, ayudante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보조 bojo, 시다 sida |
| Kiswahili | naibu |
| Português | assistente |
| Deutsch | helfend, hilfreich |
| Ελληνικά | βοηθητικός voïthitikós |
| Română | asistent |
| Русский | вспомога́тельный vspomogátelʹnyj |
noun person who assists
| Español | asistente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조수 josu, 도우미 doumi |
| 日本語 | 助手 joshu, 手伝い, アシスタント ashisutanto |
| 中文 | 助理 zhùlǐ, 助手 zhùshǒu, 副手 fùshǒu |
| हिन्दी | सहायक sahāyak, मददगार madadgār |
| Kiswahili | msaidizi |
| Português | assistente, ajudante |
| Français | assistant, aide, auxiliaire |
| Deutsch | Assistent, Mitarbeiter, Helfer, Gehilfe |
| Italiano | assistente |
| Ελληνικά | βοηθός voïthós |
| Română | asistent, asistentă, ajutor, ajutoare |
| Русский | ассисте́нт assistént, ассисте́нтка assisténtka, помо́щник pomóščnik, помо́щница pomóščnica |
| Tiếng Việt | phó thủ, người phụ việc |
| العربية | مُسَاعِد musāʕid, مُسَاعِدَة musāʕida, مُعَاوِن muʕāwin, مُعَاوِنَة muʕāwina |
| עברית | עוֹזֵר ozér |
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title = {assistant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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