assistant
Syllables: as·sis·tant/əˈsɪstənt/
assistant adjective: having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
Adjective
assistant (not comparable)
- 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.1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science
- The person principally assistant on this occasion, indeed the only one who did any service, or seemed likely to do any, was the landlady […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
Noun
assistant (plural assistants)
- 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[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- A person who assists or helps someone else.
- Sales assistant.
- A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
- Synonyms:
- wizard
assistant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
assistant in Hindi
- person who assists
- सहायक sahāyak, मददगार madadgār
assistant in Tamil
- உதவியாளர், துணைவர், உதவுகிற, துணைமையான
assistant in Marathi
- having a subordinate or auxiliary position
- सहाय्यक sahāyyak
- person who assists
- सहाय्यक sahāyyak
assistant in Urdu
- person who assists
- مَدَدْگار madadgār, سَہایَک sahāyak, یاوَر yāvar
More languagesFewer languages
- assistant in Bengali
- সহায়ক śohaẏok
- assistant in Telugu
- సహాయుడు sahāyuḍu
- assistant in Malayalam
- അസിസ്റ്റന്റെ്, അസിസേ്താന്തി, അസ്തേന്തി, സഹായി
- assistant in Kannada
- ಸಹಾಯಕ, ಜೊತೆ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ
- assistant in Punjabi
- ਸਹਾਇਕ sahāika
- assistant in Sanskrit
- अभिष्टि abhiṣṭí, गृह gṛhá, सखि sákhi
- assistant in Arabic
- مُسَاعِد musāʕid, مُسَاعِدَة musāʕida, مُعَاوِن muʕāwin, مُعَاوِنَة muʕāwina
- assistant in Malay
- pembantu
- assistant in Indonesian
- pembantu
- assistant in Thai
- ผู้ช่วย pûu-chûai
- assistant in Vietnamese
- phó thủ, người phụ việc
- assistant in Myanmar
- အကူ a.ku
Examples of assistant in a sentence
- A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.
- I returned to resume my place but my assistant had already annexed my chair.
- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
Synonyms of assistant
Forms of assistant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | assistaunt |
| Noun | |
| plural | assistants |
Origin of assistant
From Middle English assistent, from Middle French assistant, from assister. By surface analysis, assist + -ant.
Words formed from assistant
- assistant chief constable
- assistant field cornet
- assistantly
- assistant-manage
- assistant manager
- assistant professor
- assistant referee
- assistantship
- assistant stage manager
- butler's assistant
- certified nursing assistant
- education assistant
- lab assistant
- laboratory assistant
- language assistant
- legal assistant
- library assistant
- nurse assistant
- nurse's assistant
- nurse-assistant
- nurses' assistant
- nursing assistant
- personal assistant
- personal digital assistant
- physician assistant
- physician's assistant
- physician-assistant
- physicians' assistant
- referee assistant
- research assistant
- shop assistant
- teacher's assistant
- teaching assistant
- underassistant
- video assistant referee
- virtual assistant
- voice assistant
Phrases with assistant
Questions about assistant
- What does assistant mean?
- Assistant means having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
- What is assistant in Hindi?
- Assistant in Hindi is सहायक (sahāyak), मददगार (madadgār). See Assistant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is assistant?
- Assistant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce assistant?
- Assistant is pronounced /əˈsɪstənt/.
Words near assistant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assistant (page history and authors); assistant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సహాయుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); assistant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); assistant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਹਾਇਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अभिष्टि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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